STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1067-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 3008

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 3008 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY COURT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow family court plaintiffs and petitioners who are unable to afford notice by publication to serve notice to an opposing party by posting pleadings and process at the courthouse after:

     (1)  Conducting a due and diligent search for the defendant;

     (2)  Mailing the pleadings to the defendant, and to the closest known relative to the defendant; and

     (3)  Requesting permission from the family court to post the pleadings at the courthouse.

The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and the Domestic Violence Action Center supported the measure.  The Judiciary offered comments on the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3008, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3008, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair