Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-42 – Educational, medical, dental, and recreational needs
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Upon the first day of placement, a child‘s resource family shall have the authority, for the child placed in the resource family‘s care:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-42
- Child: means a person who is born alive and is less than eighteen years of age. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-4
- Family: means each legal parent of a child; the birthing parent, unless the child has been legally adopted; the concerned non-birthing parent as provided in section 578-2(a)(5), unless the child has been legally adopted; each parent's spouse or former spouse; each sibling or person related by blood or marriage; each person residing in the dwelling unit; and any other person or legal entity with:
(1) Legal or physical custody or guardianship of the child, or (2) Responsibility for the child's care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-4 - Resource family: means a person or family licensed by the department or another authorized agency to provide foster care services for children and can be used interchangeably with "foster parent" and "foster family". See Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-4