Hawaii Revised Statutes 577. Children

• 577-1 Age of Majority.
  All persons residing in the State, who have attained the age of eighteen years, shall be regarded as of legal age and their period...
• 577-2 Minority of Veteran or of the Veteran's Spouse, No Bar When.
  The disability of minority of any person who is otherwise eligible for guaranty or insurance of a loan pursuant to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act...
• 577-3 Natural Guardian; Liability for Torts of Child.
  The father and mother of an unmarried minor child are jointly the natural guardians of the child's person and property. They shall have equal...
• 577-3.5 Property Damage, Parental Responsibility.
  (a) The parents or legal guardians of a minor child shall be jointly and severally liable for graffiti damage caused by the minor to...
• 577-4 Stepparent; When Required to Support Stepchild.
  A stepparent who acts in loco parentis is bound to provide, maintain, and support the stepparent's stepchild during the residence of the child with...
• 577-5 Repealed.
  L 1969, c 169, §1.
• 577-6 Duty of Minor Children.
  All children during their minority shall obey the lawful commands of their parents, or, the lawful commands of their natural or adoptive parents, or...
• 577-7 Parents' Control and Duties.
  (a) Parents or, in case they are both deceased, guardians, legally appointed, shall have control over the conduct and education of their minor children....
• 577-7.5 Parental Preferences in Government Contracts, Programs, and Services.
  (a) The purpose of this section is to help to eliminate any preference in a state or county executive agency or judiciary contract, program, or...
• 577-8 Repealed.
  L 1972, c 9, pt of §1.
• 577-9 Jury Trial, When.
  In trials of any person over the age of majority arising under sections 709-902, 709-903, 709-904, and 709-905, the person proceeded against shall have...
• 577-10 Court Having Jurisdiction.
  The family courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all cases coming within sections 709-902, 709-903, 709-904, and 709-905; provided that upon complaint made to...
• 577-11 Repealed.
  L 1973, c 211, §2(c).
• 577-12 Repealed.
  L 1972, c 9, pt of §1.
• 577-13 Repealed.
  L 1973, c 211, §2(d).
• 577-14 Children Born to Parents Not Married to Each Other; Support.
  Except as otherwise provided by law, children whose parents have not been legally married, in contemplation of chapter 572, shall be designated as children...
• 577-15 Children Deemed to Be Orphans.
  For the purpose of taking, or determining eligibility to take, any benefit under any law or under any private instrument by the terms of...
• 577-16 Curfew; Children in Public Streets, Prohibited When; Penalty.
  Any child under sixteen years of age, who, except in case of necessity, or except when permitted so to do in writing by a...
• 577-16.5 Sentencing for the Violation of Curfew.
  In addition to any other penalties established by law, rule, or ordinance in the State, any child found in violation of section 577-16 and...
• 577-17 Repealed.
  L 1975, c 77, §1(6).
• 577-18 Parents Allowing Children in Street, Prohibited When; Penalty.
  Any parent or guardian having the care, custody, and control of a child under sixteen years of age, who, except in case of necessity,...
• 577-19 Children Prohibited in Certain Places, When; Penalty.
  Any keeper of a coffee shop, ice cream parlor, victualing or billiard saloon, bowling alley, skating rink, theater, show house, or premises in which...
• 577-20 Arrest, When in Such Places.
  If any keeper of any of the public places enumerated in section 577-19 finds difficulty in clearing the keeper's premises of school children, the...
• 577-21 Curfew Ordinances, Effect.
  Each of the counties may enact and enforce ordinances regulating the presence of children in public places and on public streets and roads during...
• 577-22 Dancing Partners, Patrons, Age Limit.
  It shall be unlawful for any unmarried minor to frequent, be, or remain upon, in, or around the premises of any dance hall where...
• 577-23 Parent et al. Responsibility, Penalty.
  Any parent, guardian, or other person having the care, custody, or control of an unmarried minor, who knowingly permits such minor to violate section...
• 577-24 Escort's Responsibility; Penalty.
  Any person who knowingly takes, escorts, or accompanies any unmarried minor to a dance hall which the minor is prohibited from attending by section...
• 577-25 Emancipation of Certain Minors.
  Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, a minor who has been married pursuant to chapter 572 shall be deemed to be emancipated and shall...
• 577-26 Alcohol or Drug Abuse Relating to Minors; Diagnosis, Counseling, and Related Activities.
  (a) A counselor, certified, licensed, or otherwise authorized by law to engage in the practice of counseling services in either or both the public...
• 577-27 Missing Children; Reporting.
  (a) Upon the filing of a police report that a child is missing by the parent or guardian, the law enforcement agency receiving notification...
• 577-28 Affidavit of Caregiver Consent for Minor's Health Care.
  (a) Except for children placed under the custody of the department of human services, pursuant to proceedings under chapter 587A, a caregiver who possesses and...

Last modified: October 27, 2016