HI SB2346

Clarifies that courts have authority to issue temporary restraining orders, protective orders, and injunctions that extend beyond a minor's 18th birthday when restraining parties from contacting, threatening, physically abusing, or harassing the minor.

Amends HRS Section 586-5 to allow temporary restraining orders protecting minors to remain in effect for periods extending after the minor reaches age eighteen, rather than automatically expiring at that date.

Amends HRS Section 586-5.5 to permit protective orders and extensions of protective orders restraining parties from harassing minors to extend to dates after the minor has reached eighteen years of age.

Amends HRS Section 604-10.5 to allow temporary restraining orders and injunctions against harassment of minors to extend beyond the minor's 18th birthday, with harassment injunctions still limited to no more than three years total.

Eliminates the need for eighteen-year-olds who were previously protected by orders expiring at age eighteen to return to court and restart the protective order process.