STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1547-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 3008

      H.D. 3

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3008, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide an impoverished family court plaintiff or petitioner who cannot locate the individual sought to be served with an alternate means of publication of notice or process, other than the costly method of service by publication in a newspaper; provided that the plaintiff or petitioner files an affidavit attesting to impoverishment and a due and diligent search.  Specifically this measure provides that in such cases, service of pleadings and process shall be accomplished by:

     (1)  Mailing certified copies of them by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the defendant or respondent with directions to deliver to the addressee only;

     (2)  Sending certified copies of them to the defendant's or respondent's closest relative, if any; and

     (3)  Posting them at a courthouse where they were filed.

The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to continue further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3008, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3008, H.D. 3.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair