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The parents or either parent or the surviving parent who desire to relinquish parental rights to any natural or adopted child and thus make the child available for adoption or readoption, may petition the family court of the circuit in which they or he or she resides, or of the circuit in which the child resides, or ...

The request must be made in writing and the requestor must have completed an application for CSEA services. Both methods require that the requestor provide the reason for the request including the change in circumstances from the time the last order was entered, if the order is less than three (3) years old.

The request must be made in writing and the requestor must have completed an application for CSEA services. Both methods require that the requestor provide the reason for the request including the change in circumstances from the time the last order was entered, if the order is less than three (3) years old.

In Hawaii, if a child is in college, the court can mandate that the paying parent pay child support up until 23-years-of-age. If the child has special needs that require that they receive extra care, the court can require child support even beyond 23.

Unmarried Parents Can Seek Joint Custody in Hawaii In Hawaii, the courts often grant joint custody agreements unless it is not in the child's best interests to maintain a relationship with one parent. If that is the case, the court will then award sole custody to one parent.

Some of the circumstances under Hawaii state law in which the court will involuntarily terminate a parent's legal rights to their child include: If the parent surrendered care of the child to another person for at least two years. If the parent failed to communicate with the child for at least one year.