STAND. COM. REP. NO.  728-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2281

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2281 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN PATERNITY CASES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the Uniform Parentage Act to clarify that service by publication is allowed in situations where defendants in paternity cases cannot be located or personally served.

The Department of the Attorney General supported this measure.  A concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committee notes that this measure is not intended to preclude other forms of notice by publication authorized by statute, rule, or court order, including but not limited to posting of the complaint and summons on an appropriate notification board at the courthouse where the action is being heard.

     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. 2281 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair