Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-396 – Voluntary care agreement
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If a young adult is no longer under jurisdiction pursuant to chapter 587A as the subject child and chooses to participate in the young adult voluntary foster care program and meets the eligibility criteria set forth in § 346-395, the department and the young adult shall enter into a voluntary care agreement that shall include, at a minimum, the following:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-396
- Department: means the department of human services and its authorized representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-392
- 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.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Young adult: means a person who has attained the age of eighteen or older, but is less than twenty-one years of age. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-392