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Justia US Law US Codes and Statutes Hawaii Revised Statutes 2011 Hawaii Code DIVISION 3. PROPERTY; FAMILY TITLE 31. FAMILY 578. Adoption §578-14 Record of adoption.
§578-14 Record of adoption.
HI Rev Stat § 578-14 (2011 through Reg Sess) What's This?
(c) If the birth of the individual occurred outside of the State and a record of birth exists, the certified copy of the decree or the abstract thereof, shall be transmitted by the department of health to the birth registration authorities of the place of the individual's birth with a request that those authorities take appropriate action with respect to the record of the individual's birth. If the birth of the individual occurred outside of the State, or if the birth of an individual born in the State has not been registered with the department of health, or if other good cause exists, the clerk of the court, upon request, and with the approval of the family court, upon the finding of the court that the action is for the best interests of the individual involved, shall furnish to the adoptive parents, or to the individual, or to any proper person acting in their behalf, a certified copy or abstract of the decree of adoption or a certificate of adoption in a form approved by the court. If the parental rights of a parent or the parents of a minor child have been judicially terminated under chapter 571 prior to the entry of the decree, a certified copy of the decree shall be filed in the termination proceeding. [L 1945, c 40, pt of §2; am L 1947, c 47, §3; am L 1949, c 328, §1; am L 1953, c 115, pt of §1; RL 1955, §331-14; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §578-14; am L 1973, c 211, §3(l); am L 1976, c 194, §1(8); am L 1980, c 153, §7; am L 1990, c 338, §4]
Records and documents, see §338-20.
New birth certificates, see HFCR rule 112.
Privacy v. Secrecy: The Open Adoption Records Movement and Its Impact on Hawai i. 15 UH L. Rev. 483.
Agreement of adoption not recorded, of no validity. 7 H. 273.
Provision for new record cited. 49 H. 273, 276, 283, 414 P.2d 925.
Cited: 45 H. 69, 80, 361 P.2d 1054.