§571-62 Hearing; investigation and report. Every petition under section 571-61 shall be filed in duplicate and the clerk of the court in which the same is filed shall immediately forward a copy of the petition, and of the notice of the time and place of the hearing thereof, to the director of the department of human services. The director shall be permitted to appear and be heard at any such hearing on behalf of the petitioner or the child or minor or the State and shall have the same right of appeal as any party to the proceeding. The attorney general shall, at the request of the director, represent and defend the interests of the department in any such proceeding. Upon the request of any petitioning parent or parents or upon the request of the department of human services, any child-placing organization, approved by the department under section 346-17, shall be permitted to appear together with or in place of the department.
If any petitioner or the department or any such child-placing organization approved by the department or any parent whose rights are sought to be terminated requests of the court a continuance of the hearing for the purpose of permitting an objective investigation of the circumstances of the minor and the parent or parents concerned, no judgment of termination shall be entered prior to the expiration of thirty days from the date of the request or until the earlier date of the filing of a report of the investigation. If the petition has been filed by or at the request of the department of human services or any such child-placing organization, or, in the event that a continuance has been requested as above provided, the department of human services shall prepare or procure and file in the termination proceeding a report of the facts disclosed as a result of investigation of the circumstances of the minor and the parent or parents whose rights are sought to be terminated. The court may, for good cause, grant extensions of the time within which such report must be filed. Any such report shall be incorporated in the record of the proceeding and shall be considered by the court in determining the issues presented by the petition. The court may, if it deems such action necessary, appoint a guardian ad litem to represent and defend the interests of the child or minor or of any minor parent. [L 1965, c 232, pt of §1; Supp, §333-30; HRS §571-62; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1990, c 34, §34]
Rules of Court
Guardians ad litem, see HFCR rule 17(c).
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
571-1 Construction and purpose of chapter.
571-3 Family courts, divisions of circuit courts.
571-4 Family courts, circuits.
571-5 Board of family court judges.
571-6 Appointment and duties of employees.
571-8 District family courts; district family judges; appointment; sessions.
571-8.1 Qualifications; tenure; removal.
571-8.2 Salary of district family judges.
571-8.3 Disqualification; absence; vacancy.
571-11 Jurisdiction; children.
571-12 Transfer from other courts.
571-13 Retention of jurisdiction.
571-21 Complaint; investigation; petition.
571-22 Waiver of jurisdiction; transfer to other courts.
571-22.5 Appeal of waiver of jurisdiction.
571-23 Summons; notice; custody of minor.
571-24 Failure to answer summons; warrants.
571-31 Taking children into custody; release; notice.
571-31.1 Standard for detention.
571-31.2 Juvenile intake and diagnostic services.
571-31.3 Voluntary assistance.
571-31.4 Informal adjustment, law violators.
571-31.5 Informal adjustment, status offenders.
571-31.6 Informal adjustment, minor who may be both law violator and status offender.
571-32 Detention; shelter; release; notice.
571-32.1 Contract and fee-for-service accommodations.
571-33 Detention and shelter facilities.
571-34 Criminal history record checks.
571-41 Procedure in children's cases.
571-41.1 Extradition of minors to Hawaii.
571-41.2 Extradition of minors from Hawaii.
571-42 Procedure in adult cases.
571-43 Additional remedies not pleaded.
571-44 Physical or mental examination and treatment.
571-46 Criteria and procedure in awarding custody and visitation; best interest of the child.
571-46.2 Orders relating to custody and visitation cases.
571-46.4 Child custody evaluators; qualification; registry; complaints.
571-46.6 Criteria and procedure in awarding custody and visitation; disability.
571-47 Determination of parentage of child born in wedlock.
571-48.5 Probation supervision requirements.
571-48.6 Earned discharge from probation; reporting requirements.
571-50 Modification of decree, rehearing.
571-51 Support of minor committed for study or care.
571-51.5 Modification of support and visitation decrees.
571-52 Assignment by court order of future income for payments of support.
571-52.3 Immediate income withholding.
571-52.5 Guidelines to determine child support amounts.
571-52.7 Award of costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
571-55 Certification in lieu of oath.
571-61 Termination of parental rights; petition.
571-62 Hearing; investigation and report.
571-71 Juvenile crime prevention bureau; establishment of.
571-72 Duties and powers; reports; expungement of juvenile arrest records.
571-73 No limitations on family courts.
571-74 Rules and standards; investigation and questioning; fingerprinting and photographing.
571-82 Court sessions; quarters.
571-83 Court and witness fees.
571-84.5 Support order, decree, judgment, or acknowledgment; social security number
571-84.6 Minor law violators; proceedings and records not confidential.
571-85 Authority of probation officers; additional probation officers.
571-87 Appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem; compensation.
571-88 Orders expunging juvenile arrest records.
571-89 Family court; annual report.
571-93 Duty to cooperate and disclose information.
571-94 Hearings; electronic participation.
571-95 Sole factor; effect on existing orders.
571-96 Visitation and contact.
571-97 Delegation of the deployed parent's contact rights to another.