{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-571-97","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 571-97","heading":"Delegation of the deployed parent's contact rights to another.","body":"(a) Upon motion of the deploying parent and consistent with the best interest of the child, including safety considerations in cases involving a finding of domestic violence, the court may delegate the deploying parent's parent-child contact rights, or a portion thereof, to a family member, whether biological or by adoption, or to a person to whom the deploying parent is married or with whom the deploying parent cohabitates; provided that the family member or person has an existing close and substantial relationship with the child.\n\n(b) Any delegated parent-child contact under this section shall not create separate rights of or standing to assert any rights to parent-child contact or any other contact for the family member or person. Any parent-child contact delegated under this section shall cease pursuant to court order, upon the return of the deployed parent, or upon the deployed parent's death.","path":["HI Code","Division 3","Title 31","Chapter 571"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0571/HRS_0571-0097.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"a46ff868bc73b3e9daefac6193e3ae277327898f2813ff827c080a93c3bcc0a1","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-571-96","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-572b-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}