Report Title:

Marriage License; Informational Brochure

Description:

Requires the department of health to distribute brochures on parenting and divorce to all marriage license applicants.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1127

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO MARRIAGE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that too many couples enter a marriage without a realistic idea of parenting and its challenges. The legislature also finds that there is a lack of resources available to educate the public on family law proceedings, specifically the divorce litigation process, and the benefits of alternative dispute resolution processes in such matters.

The purpose of this Act is to provide couples entering into a marriage with information regarding the divorce litigation process, including the benefits of alternative dispute resolution, and parenting information, including parenting and communication skills.

SECTION 2. Section 572-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d) The department or its authorized agents shall furnish to each applicant for a marriage license a brochure explaining rubella, the risks of infection with rubella during pregnancy, and how to seek testing and immunization. The department or its authorized agents shall also furnish to each applicant for a marriage license information, to be provided by the department, relating to parenting, the divorce litigation process, including the availability and benefit of alternative dispute resolution processes, population stabilization, family planning, birth control, fetal alcohol and drug syndromes, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the availability of anonymous testing for HIV infection at alternate test sites; provided that such information is available."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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