Hawaii

What “pattern” means here

Hawaii names coercive control in protective-order law (HRS § 586-1) and has taken the unusual U.S. step of a criminal path. Criminalization shifts what must be proved: a course of conduct, not a discrete assault. That shift is the burden-of-proof problem, not a shortcut to a finding.

Statutes

• Haw. Rev. Stat. § 586-1

  Coercive control in protection-order definitions.

Expert standard

Confirm the forum's reliability standard (Daubert, Frye, Sargon, or the local equivalent).

What Carlton Research can speak to

Carlton Research can speak to pattern analysis (coercive control breadth, depth, escalation, entrapment, and more). Research is built to the evidentiary rules of the jurisdiction that will hear it. Carlton Research does not recommend parenting time or custody. Research establishes whether a pattern of coercive control is present. Inquire about specific testimony requests or speaking engagements.

Criminal and civil are different products. Do not import a criminal burden into a family-law evaluation, or the reverse.