STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2494

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2848
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2848 entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PERMANENT PLAN HEARING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Family Court to
dispense with having to consider a child's consent in permanent
plan hearings.

     Furthermore, this bill repeals the requirement that the
court order a permanent plan within three years of the child's
placement in foster custody.

     Your Committee finds that this measure gives the Family
Court needed flexibility in promoting the best interests of the
child.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2848 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



                                   ______________________________
                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair


 
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