Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 334-81

At any time after the admission of a patient to a psychiatric facility under part IV of this chapter or after the transfer of a patient to another psychiatric facility under section 334-71, the patient or, on the patient's behalf, any member of the patient's family, relative, friend, or responsible person, may obtain a judicial determination of the regularity of the patient's admission or of the need for the patient's continued hospitalization by filing a written request therefor in the family court of the circuit in which the psychiatric facility is located. The form of the request shall be prescribed and supplied free of charge by the court, and the proceedings in connection therewith shall be styled “In the Interest of (the named patient)”. The administrator of the psychiatric facility shall assist the patient in obtaining legal counsel if the patient objects to the patient's admission or continued hospitalization.