2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 30A. Uniform Probate Code
560. Uniform Probate Code
560:2-121 Definitions.
§560:2-121 Definitions. In this subpart:
"Adoptee" means an individual who is adopted.
"Child of assisted reproduction" means a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction by an individual other than a gestational carrier under section 560:2-127.
"Divorce" means an annulment, a dissolution, or a declaration of invalidity of a marriage.
"Functioned as a parent of the child" means behaving toward a child in a manner consistent with being the child's parent and performing functions that are customarily performed by a parent, including:
(1) Fulfilling parental responsibilities toward the child;
(2) Materially participating in the child's upbringing; and
(3) Residing with the child in the same household as a regular member of that household.
"Genetic father" means the individual whose sperm fertilized the egg of a child's genetic mother; provided that if the father-child relationship is established by the presumption of paternity under chapter 584, "genetic father" means only the individual for whom that relationship is established.
"Genetic mother" means the individual whose egg was fertilized by the sperm of a child's genetic father.
"Genetic parent" means a child's genetic father or genetic mother.
"Incapacity" means the inability of an individual to function as a parent of a child because of the individual's physical or mental condition.
"Relative" means a grandparent or a descendant of a grandparent. [L 2023, c 158, pt of §2]
