Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 588 · 6 active provisions
(a) There is established a children's justice program within the judiciary. The mission of the program is to provide for the special needs of children as witnesses by promoting coordination for appropriate investigation, treatment, and legal processes, thereby reducing and preventing unnecessary trauma to children and…
(a) The program shall promote the sharing of information among agencies providing services to the child and family, for purposes of implementing this chapter. (b) All agencies and their providers that have information regarding the mental, physical health, or other information relating to the best interest of the child…
For purposes of this chapter: "Child sexual abuse" means any of the offenses described under chapter 707, part V, when committed against a person under the age of eighteen years or that damage or injure a child's physical or psychological health or welfare, where the child has been the victim of sexual contact or condu…
The program shall be headed by a director appointed by the administrative director of the courts. The director and administrative staff shall be subject to chapter 76.
The director shall: (1) Enter into agreements with police departments, departments of the prosecuting attorneys and county corporation counsels, the departments of the attorney general, health, and human services, and other public and private agencies, including agreements for the temporary assignment of appropriate pe…
Any evidence gathered at the center shall be gathered in such manner so as to be admissible as evidence at a judicial proceeding.