REPORT TITLE:
Child protection


DESCRIPTION:
Brings Hawaii into compliance with the federal Adoption and Safe
Families Act of 1997. (HB1117 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 2
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 587-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended as follows:
 
 3      1.  By adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted
 
 4 and to read as follows:
 
 5      ""Abandoned infant" means the child is three years or
 
 6 younger and:
 
 7      (1)  A parent, regardless of any incidental contact or
 
 8           communication with the child, has demonstrated an
 
 9           extreme disinterest or lack of commitment for assuming
 
10           parental responsibility for the child;
 
11      (2)  The identity or whereabouts of the parent are unknown
 
12           to the caretaker for no less than 60 days, and
 
13           reasonable efforts to identify or locate the parent
 
14           have been made; or
 
15      (3)  A presumed or alleged non-adjudicated father has failed
 
16           to assert a claim or interest as a parent for no less
 
17           than 60 days if he has knowledge of the birth of the
 
18           child and that he is the presumed or alleged father.
 
19      2.  By amending the definition of "aggravated circumstances"
 
20 to read as follows: