{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-586-2","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 586-2","heading":"Court jurisdiction.","body":"(a) An application for relief under this chapter may be filed in the family court in the circuit in which:\n\n(1) The petitioner resides or is temporarily located;\n\n(2) The respondent resides;\n\n(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\n\n(4) The domestic abuse occurred.\n\n(b) Actions under this chapter shall be given docket priorities by the court.","path":["HI Code","Division 3","Title 31","Chapter 586"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0586/HRS_0586-0002.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"c52ea6bbb20faf83a8c23331639953c3696d4b4ac305a4a6e6fc46117b7e41b0","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-586-13","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-586-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}