STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1700

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 896
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 896, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow waiver of notice in
guardianship proceedings where certain interested persons cannot
be found.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Judiciary.

     Your Committee finds that it is appropriate to waive notice
requirements for certain interested persons in guardianship
proceedings when it is shown that all reasonable efforts have
been made to ascertain the identity and address of the interested
person(s), to no avail, and the person has not demonstrated a
reasonable degree of interest or concern in the subject.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making a technical,
nonsubstantive change for purposes of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 896, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached

 
 
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hereto as S.B. No. 896, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the
calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair