2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 31. FAMILY
571. Family Courts
571-31.2 Juvenile intake and diagnostic services.

§571-31.2 Juvenile intake and diagnostic services. (a) The court or other designated agency shall:

(1) Notify the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian or take reasonable action to ensure that such notice has been given;

(2) Require the child, the child's parent, the child's guardian or legal custodian, or both, to appear at the court or other designated agency as soon as practicable for a family counseling session to attempt a quick resolution of their problem;

(3) Investigate, evaluate, make necessary determination, and take appropriate actions regarding:

(A) Release of a child to the care of the child's parent or other responsible adult;

(B) Extending to or making arrangement for the securing of suitable informal adjustment under section 571-31.4, 571-31.5 or 571-31.6;

(C) Initiation of the filing of a complaint or petition;

(D) Detention of a child, utilizing the standard set out in section 571-31.1 or temporary shelter in a nonsecure shelter; and

(E) Making such other informal disposition as may be suitable.

(b) If the intake officer believes it desirable, such officer may take action to obtain the child or the written promise of a parent, guardian, or legal custodian to take the child to the court or other designated agency as in section 571-31(c). The failure of a parent, guardian, or other legal custodian to produce the child in court or at the other designated agency as required by an authorized notice may be pursued as provided in section 571-31(d). [L 1980, c 303, pt of §5(3); am L 1988, c 294, §3]

Rules of Court

Intake procedure, see HFCR rule 123.