§571-23  Summons; notice; custody of minor. 
After a petition under section 571-11(1) or (2) is filed in the interest of a
minor, and after such investigation as the court may direct, the court shall
issue a summons, unless the parties hereinafter named promise in writing to
appear voluntarily, requiring the person or persons who have the custody or
control of the minor to appear personally and bring the minor before the court
at a time and place stated.  If the person so summoned is not the parent or guardian
of the minor, then the parent or guardian or both shall also be notified, by
personal service before the hearing except as herein provided, of the pendency
of the case and of the time and place appointed.  Summons may be issued
requiring the appearance of any other person whose presence, in the opinion of
the judge, is necessary.  If it appears that the minor is in such condition or
surroundings that the minor's welfare requires taking the minor into custody,
the judge may order, by endorsement upon the summons, or otherwise, that the
person serving the summons shall take the minor into custody at once.  A parent
or guardian is entitled to the issuance of compulsory process for the
attendance of witnesses on the parent's or guardian's own behalf or on behalf
of the minor.



Service of summons shall be made personally by
the delivery of a copy thereof, together with a copy of the petition, to the
person summoned, except that if the judge is satisfied that personal service of
the summons or the notice provided for in the preceding paragraph is
impracticable, the judge may order service by certified or registered mail
addressed to the last known address, or by publication, or both.  Service
effected not less than forty-eight hours before the time fixed in the summons
for the return thereof shall be sufficient to confer jurisdiction, provided
that jurisdiction shall be conferred if any person who might be so summoned
appears voluntarily at the time and place appointed and waives such service and
such notice.



Service of summons, process, or notice required
by this chapter may be made by any suitable person under the direction of the
court and upon request of the court shall be made by any police officer.  The
judge may authorize the payment of necessary travel expenses incurred by
persons summoned or otherwise required to appear at the hearing of a case
coming within the purview of this chapter.  Section 621-7 shall apply to
persons summoned under this section other than a parent, guardian, or other
legal custodian of the child concerned. [L 1965, c 232, pt of §1; Supp,
§333-14; HRS §571-23; gen ch 1985]



 



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  Service and summons, see HFCR rules 4, 5, 138, 139.