SB484 Summary

• Enacts the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017 to replace Hawaii's 1973 parentage law, modernizing procedures for establishing parent-child relationships

• Expands parentage determination methods to include genetic testing, voluntary acknowledgment at birthing facilities, and de facto parentage claims; allows courts to recognize more than two parents when in child's best interest

• Establishes expedited parentage acknowledgment process in hospitals and birthing centers with required counseling on rights, responsibilities, and alternatives before signing

• Creates de facto parent provisions allowing individuals who have acted as parents (residing with child, providing care, establishing parental relationship) to seek legal recognition under specific criteria

• Implements genetic testing standards requiring 99% probability of parentage with combined relationship index of at least 100:1; allows challenges only through additional genetic testing or claims of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact