§571-8.1 Qualifications; tenure; removal. Each district family judge shall reside in the judicial circuit for which the district family judge is appointed and shall have been an attorney licensed to practice in all the courts of the State for at least five years. District family judges shall hold office for a term of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided that any district family judge may be summarily removed from office, and the district family judge's commission revoked by the supreme court whenever the supreme court deems such removal necessary for the public good or the volume of cases within the circuit is reduced to a level where the reduction of the number of district family judges within a circuit is deemed advisable. [L 1973, c 219, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]
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.