# Haw. Fam. Ct. R. 1.3: Rule 1.3. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIONS

> Hawaii · Court rules · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_HFCR_R1_3

## Section

- **Citation:** Haw. Fam. Ct. R. 1.3
- **Heading:** Rule 1.3. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Hawaii
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Hawaii Rules of Court / Hawai‘i Family Court Rules / Haw. Fam. Ct. R. 1.3

## Text

(a) Actions in the Family Court are classified as follows and shall be assigned case numbers preceded by one of the following prefixes:

(1) Actions for divorce, separation, and annulment (FDV)

(2) Actions for civil union divorce, separation, and annulment (FCU)

(3) Actions for parentage filed before January 1, 2021 (FPP)

(4) Actions for parentage filed on or after January 1, 2021 (FPA)

(5) Actions for an Order for Protection (FDA)

(6) Actions for a Gun Violence Protective Order (FGV)

(7) Actions for Orders under the Child Protective Act (FC-S)

(8) Criminal Prosecutions of Adults (FFC)

(9) Adjudication of Juvenile Offenders (FC-J)

(10) Guardianships of the Person of Minors or Incapacitated Adults (FGD)

(11) Actions under the Dependent Adult Protective Services Act (FAB)

(12) Actions under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (FUF)

(13) Actions under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (FUJ)

(14) Actions under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (Repealed) (FUF)

(15) Appeals to the Family Court from the Decisions and Orders of the Office of Child Support Hearings (FAL)

(16) Actions for adoption (FAN)

(17) Actions for Termination of Parental Rights which are not brought in an FC-S case (FTM)

(18) Any other miscellaneous action over which the Family Court has jurisdiction (FFM)

(b) For documents filed in JEFS or JIMS, the prefixes stated above shall be preceded with a number (1, 2, 3, or 5) indicating the Circuit in which the action is proceeding (e.g., 1FDV, 2FDV, 3FDV or 5FDV).

(Renumbered March 30, 2022, effective April 25, 2022.)

## Nearby sections

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