§571-47  Determination of parentage of child
born in wedlock.  Whenever, in any action involving the custody or support
of a child apparently born in lawful wedlock, the parentage of the child is
placed in issue, the court may make the child a party to the action, if not
already a party, and shall thereupon determine the parentage of the child as
one of the issues in the action.  The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem
to represent the interests of the child and may assess the reasonable fees and
expenses of the guardian ad litem as costs of the action, payable in whole or
in part by any or all parties as the circumstances may justify.  In the event
the child is not made a party to the action, a determination that the child was
not born to parents married to each other at the time of the child's birth
shall not be binding upon the child. [L 1967, c 56, §5; HRS §571-47; am L 1997,
c 52, §4]



 



Cross References



 



  Parentage, see §§338-21, 577-14, and chapter 584.



 



Rules of Court



 



  Guardians ad litem, see HFCR rule 17(c).



  Parties, see Hawaii Family Court Rules, part A(IV).



 



Case Notes



 



  Determination of illegitimacy made in foreign divorce
proceeding to which child not a party, admissibility in evidence considered. 
49 H. 273, 287-300, 414 P.2d 925.