Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-35 – Retention of jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-35
- Child: means a person who is born alive and is less than eighteen years of age. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-4
- Court: means one of the family courts established pursuant to chapter 571. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 587A-4
- 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.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the court may retain jurisdiction under this chapter until the full term for which any order entered expires or until the child attains nineteen years of age, whichever comes first.