2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 31. FAMILY
587D. Safe Place for Newborns
587D-6 Authority to reunite; placement.
§587D-6 Authority to reunite; placement. (a) Upon receiving custody of a newborn child who has been discharged from a hospital that received the newborn child pursuant to section 587D-3, the department may reunite the newborn child with the newborn's parents.
(b) The department may:
(1) Search for relatives of the newborn child as a placement or permanency option; or
(2) Implement other placement requirements that give a preference to relatives;
provided that the department has information as to the identity of the newborn child, the newborn child's mother, or the newborn child's father. [L Sp 2007, c 7, pt of §2]
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