Bill Text: HI SB2368 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Child Custody; Grandparent Visitation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-16 - (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Carroll, Ching, Manahan, Nishimoto excused (4). [SB2368 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2368-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2014

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2368

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2368 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Permit the Family Court to award reasonable visitation rights to grandparents, if, among other things, denial of visitation would cause significant harm to the child;

 

     (2)  Establish a rebuttable presumption that the parent's decision is in the best interests of the child; and

 

     (3)  Define factors for the Court to consider when determining significant harm to the child.

 

     Testimony is support of this measure was submitted by one individual.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that although there may be concerns with increasing the number of issues that the courts must consider in custody matters, the interest of the children warrants such consideration.  Accordingly, your Committee encourages further discussion of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2368 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

		____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair