§578-12  Setting aside or modifying decree. 
At any time within one year from the date of entry of any decree of adoption,
the court may, for good cause, set aside or modify the decree and, in
connection therewith, may make appropriate orders, concerning the custody of
the minor child and the disposition and handling of the record of adoption by
the department of health.  The setting aside or modification of any decree of
adoption shall not affect any property rights which have become vested between
the date of the entry of the decree or the effective date of the decree and the
effective date of any order setting aside or modifying the decree of adoption.



No decree of adoption shall be subject to
attack in any collateral proceeding, and, after the expiration of one year from
the date of its entry, no decree of adoption shall be subject to direct attack
upon any ground other than fraud rendering the decree void as of the time of
its entry. [RL 1945, pt of §12276; am L 1945, c 40, pt of §1; am L 1947, c 47, §2;
am L 1953, c 115, pt of §1; RL 1955, §331-12; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS
§578-12; am L 1973, c 211, §3(j)]



 



Case Notes



 



  Review of decree:  Persons entitled to petition for review,
and to appeal from court's determination.  45 H. 69, 361 P.2d 1054.



  Decree may not be attacked after one year except on the
ground of fraud.  1 H. App. 364, 619 P.2d 1092.