H.B. 384 Summary

• Enacts the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017 to replace Hawaii's 1973 Uniform Parentage Act, modernizing parentage establishment procedures statewide

• Establishes multiple pathways to determine parent-child relationships including presumed parentage, acknowledged parentage, adjudicated parentage, de facto parentage, and genetic testing methods

• Requires birthing facilities and child support enforcement agencies to provide voluntary parentage acknowledgment forms and counseling to parents at time of birth, with forms filed with the Department of Health

• Creates procedures for genetic testing, establishing that individuals with 99% probability of parentage (combined relationship index of at least 100:1) are identified as genetic parents unless successfully challenged

• Allows recognition of multiple parents in appropriate cases, requires family court jurisdiction over parentage proceedings, and modernizes language related to gender-neutral parental references