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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 551G-1

  • Adult: means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 551G-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.