STAND. COM. REP. NO.  695-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2298

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2298, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOTICE TO CHILDREN PURSUANT TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide a child-friendly way to notify a child of a hearing under the Child Protective Act.  This measure requires the child subject to a petition to be notified by the petitioner, instead of being served a summons by a law enforcement officer.  This measure also requires such notice to be given not less than 24 hours prior to a temporary foster custody hearing or 48 hours prior to any other hearing.

The Department of Human Services, Department of the Attorney General, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 2298, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair