Dang. I hit the wrong key and lost what I wanted to post.
The DOH has an index record of a marriage between BHO Sr and SAD. They say that means a recorded marriage, not just an application for a license.
But the DOH has lied so many times it’s not even funny. There’s the big stuff I documented at http://butterdezillion.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/red-flags-in-hawaii-2/ but there’s also a lot smaller but just as stinky stuff they’ve been doing all along.
The DOH won’t send me a non-certified copy of BHO and SAD’s marriage certificate even though it is expressly authorized for release to anybody who asks for it, as are non-certified death certs and abbreviated BC’s. They won’t send me non-certified copies of BHO II’s abbreviated BC, SAD & BHO’s marriage certificate, or the death certs for SAD or Madelyn Dunham.
The Ombudsman’s Office says that’s fine because the DOH rules say they MAY (not must) release it. Ombudsman apparently won’t correct DOH who is claiming they CAN’T release it.
I can appeal to the OIP, since UIPA says that if a document is expressly authorized for release it MUST be released. But the OIP is sending all requests to make the DOH follow the law..... to the DOH to decide. Some watchdog, huh? More like sleeping dog. Or maybe tranquillized dog?
Why does everyone keep asking the DOH? Why not go directly to the county courthouse? And in person rather than relying on email/snail mail/phone calls? Surely, there's one person in Hawaii who has questions.