Hawaii Revised Statutes
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 586-2 (2025)
Court jurisdiction
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§586-2 Court jurisdiction. (a) An application for relief under this chapter may be filed in the family court in the circuit in which:
(1) The petitioner resides or is temporarily located;
(2) The respondent resides;
(3) The subject of the petition, a petitioner's family or household member who is a minor, an incapacitated person as defined in section 560:5-102 or physically unable to go to the appropriate place to complete or file the petition, resides or is temporarily located; or
(4) The domestic abuse occurred.
(b) Actions under this chapter shall be given docket priorities by the court. [L 1982, c 123, pt of §2; am L 2023, c 81, §1]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1997–2019 · leading case: Uyeda v. Schermer., 439 P.3d 115 (Haw. 2019).
Uyeda v. Schermer., 439 P.3d 115 (Haw. 2019). “Specifically, Schermer claimed that his relationship with Carolyn Uyeda was "characterized by actions of an intimate or sexual nature," HRS § 586-1, and that jurisdiction was therefore conferred on the family court by HRS § 586-2. 2 He also claimed that even though Jay Uyeda did…”
Coyle v. Compton, 940 P.2d 404 (Haw. App. 1997). “) HRS § 571-14 (1993) establishes the family court system, and HRS § 571-14(8) (1993) mandates that “[t]he [family] court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction .”
Tortorello v. Tortorello, 153 P.3d 1117 (Haw. 2007). “More specifically, under HRS § 586-2 (2006), entitled “Court jurisdiction,” “[a]n application for relief under this chapter may be filed in any family court in the circuit court in which the petitioner resides.”
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