Q: If I have split custody of my Son and don’t want him receiving vaccines how does that work in Hawaii
Me and mother disagree on vaccines and share legal custody 50/50. She has full physical custody.
A:
You theoretically can ask the court that issued your custody order to give you the exclusive right to make the decision about vaccinations, or all non-emergency medical decisions, for your child.
But you will need to produce some pretty compelling medical evidence that your child has some particular health condition that makes it not in the child’s best interests to get vaccinated or to get particular vaccines.
In most states, either parent, and often stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or the child themselves, can provide consent to a healthcare provider to vaccinate a child.
This of course assumes the vaccine in question has been approved by the FDA to administer to a child of your child’s age.
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