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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 584-2

  • parent and child relationship: includes the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's natural mother, between a child and father whose relationship as parent and child is established under this chapter, or between a child and the child's adoptive parents, incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties, and obligations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 584-1

Any parent and child relationship established under this chapter extends to every such child and to every such parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents.