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Code · Hawaii · Chapter 572

§572-3 Contracted without the State.

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§572-3 Contracted without the State. Marriages between two individuals regardless of gender and legal where contracted shall be held legal in the courts of this State. [CC 1859, §1290; RL 1925, §2945; RL 1935, §4632; RL 1945, §12353; RL 1955, §323-3; HRS §572-3; am L 1994, c 217, §4; am L Sp 2013 2d, c 1, §4]
Rules of Court
Determination of foreign law, see HFCR rule 44.1.
Proof of official record, see HFCR rule 44.
Case Notes
If legal where entered into, legal everywhere unless odious by common consent of civilized nations. 3 H. 489 (1873); 12 H. 329 (1900).
Presumption of validity. 29 H. 716 (1927).
Mexican proxy marriage. 47 H. 345, 388 P.2d 846 (1964).
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