Report Title:
Department of Human Services; Domestic Abuse
Description:
Requires the department of human services to provide a written report to the court and the parties two days prior to a hearing in a case where there are allegations of domestic abuse.
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to domestic abuse.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 586-10.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§586-10.5 Reports by the department
of human services. In cases where there are allegations of domestic abuse
involving a family or household member who is a minor or an incapacitated
person as defined in section 560:5-102, the employee or appropriate nonjudicial
agency designated by the family court to assist the petitioner shall report the
matter to the department of human services, as required under chapters 350 and
587, and shall further notify the department of the granting of the temporary
restraining order and of the hearing date. The department of human services
shall provide the family court with [an oral or] a written report
[of the investigation's progress on or] on the disposition of the
referral, which the court shall provide to the parties at least two days
before the hearing date."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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