§584-3 - How parent and child relationship established. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§584-3]  How parent and child relationship established.  The parent and child relationship between a child and:

     (1)  The natural mother may be established by proof of her having given birth to the child, or under this chapter;

     (2)  The natural father may be established under this chapter;

     (3)  An adoptive parent may be established by proof of adoption. [L 1975, c 66, pt of §1]

 

Case Notes

 

  By their plain language, §584-1 and this section do not state that this chapter is the exclusive means by which paternity must be established; thus, this chapter is not the exclusive means by which a determination of paternity can be made.  99 H. 1, 52 P.3d 255.