Report Title:
Department of Human Services; Domestic Abuse
Description:
Requires the department of human services to provide a written report to the court and the petitioner and the respondent two days prior to a hearing in a protective order case where there are allegations of domestic abuse. (SB1161 HD1)
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1161 |
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to domestic abuse.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 586-10.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§586-10.5 Reports by the department
of human services. In cases where there are allegations of domestic abuse
involving a family or household member who is a minor or an incapacitated
person as defined in section 560:5-102, the employee or appropriate nonjudicial
agency designated by the family court to assist the petitioner shall report the
matter to the department of human services, as required under chapters 350 and
587, and shall further notify the department of the granting of the temporary
restraining order and of the hearing date. The department of human services
shall provide the family court with an oral or written report [of the
investigation's progress on or] on the disposition of the referral,
which the court shall provide to both the petitioner and the respondent at
least two days before the hearing date[.], if possible. The
report by the department of human services shall be noted in the order dismissing
the petition or granting the restraining order."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2112.