(a) The authority of the director to supervise the conduct of a person who has been committed to the director’s care, unless such authority shall be sooner terminated pursuant to this chapter or chapter 571, shall cease:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 352-29

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(1) At the time of sentencing for any subsequent offense for which the committed person has been waived pursuant to section 571–22 and has been convicted by a court of competent criminal jurisdiction;
(2) At the expiration date of the order of commitment issued unless the director has, prior to such expiration date, sought and obtained from the court an extension of such order;
(3) Whenever the director, prior to the termination otherwise of such order, determines that the purposes of such order have been achieved in the case of a person under age eighteen; provided that if the commitment order reserves the prior approval of the family court for any discharge before termination, the director shall obtain approval of the court for a discharge; or
(4) Whenever the director, prior to the termination otherwise of such order, determines that the purposes of such order have been achieved in the case of a person committed to a term extending beyond the person’s eighteenth birthday and obtains court approval prior to discharge.
(b) The director, in each case described in subsection (a)(2), (3) and (4) of this section, shall immediately notify the person, the court, the police department of the county where the committed person resided before commitment, and, if a minor, the person’s parent or guardian of the termination of the director’s supervision over such person, provided that in cases covered by subsection (a)(1), the sentencing court shall provide such notification including notice to the director.

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