Unless otherwise ordered by the court and consistent with the best interest of the child, including safety considerations in cases involving a finding of domestic violence, any order that anticipates deployment may require that:

(1) The other parent shall make the child reasonably available to the deploying parent when the deploying parent has leave;

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 571-96

  • Court: means one of the family courts as herein established. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 571-2
  • deployed: means military services performed in compliance with a valid order received by an active duty or reserve member of the armed forces of the United States or National Guard to report for combat operations, contingency operations, peacekeeping operations, temporary duty greater than sixty days, a remote tour of duty, or other active service for which the deploying parent reports unaccompanied by any family member. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 571-91
  • deployed parent: means a legal parent or a legal guardian of a child under the age of eighteen, who is deployed, will likely deploy within the next sixty days, or who has received written orders to deploy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 571-91
  • Other parent: means the legal parent or legal guardian other than the deploying parent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 571-91
(2) The deployed parent shall provide timely information regarding the deployed parent’s leave schedule;
(3) Both parents shall facilitate opportunities for telephonic and electronic contact, appropriate for each child, between the deployed parent and the child during deployment; and
(4) Each parent shall provide immediate notification to the other parent of a change of address or contact information, or both.