Act 156 Task Force on Parentage Laws

Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi he lalo ʻo Act 156, naʻe vakai ʻe he kulupu ngāue ko eni ki he ngaahi fono ʻa Hawaii fekauʻaki mo e mātuʻa ke fakatonutonu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa siʻi mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fehangahangai ʻoku uesia ai ʻa e fānau naʻe fanauʻi ʻi he tokoniʻi ʻo e faʻeleʻi, surrogacy, mo e ngaahi founga fāmili ʻoku ʻikai angamaheni. Naʻe vakai ki he anga hono fakamaʻu ʻe he fono ʻa Hawaii ʻa e mātuʻa fakalao ʻi he fanauʻi pea naʻe faleʻi ke fakafoʻou ke fakatahaʻi ʻa e fono ʻa e puleʻanga mo e moʻoni ʻo e fāmili ʻi he ʻaho ni. Ko ʻene ngaahi faleʻi naʻe tokoni ki he ngaahi fono ʻoku uesia ai ʻa e tohi fanauʻi, tauhi fānau, mo e ngaahi totonu ʻo e mātuʻa.

Ko e ngaahi fāmili naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi he tali fānau, surrogacy, pe tokoni fakamoʻui ʻoku ʻi ai ha konga hangatonu ʻi he anga hono fokotuʻu ʻe he fono ʻa Hawaii ʻa e mātuʻa fakalao, ʻa ia ʻoku uesia ai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē mei he tohi fanauʻi ki he ngaahi totonu ʻo e tukufakaholo. ʻE lava ʻe he kakai nofo ʻo muimui ki he ngaahi fono ʻoku hoko mai ʻi he Fale Alea ʻo Hawaii.