Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions - Hawaii
Date: January 2022
Jurisdiction
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 578-1
An adoption petition must be filed in the family court in the relevant circuit.
Venue
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 578-1
The appropriate circuit is the one in which any of the following applies:
- Where the petitioner resides or is in military service
- Where the child to be adopted resides or was born
- Where a child-placing organization that has legal custody of the child is located