Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 386-2 (2026)

  Definitions relating to family relationships

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     §386-2  Definitions relating to family relationships.  "Brother" or "sister" includes a half brother or half sister, a stepbrother or stepsister, and a brother or sister by adoption.

     "Child" includes a posthumous child, adopted child, stepchild, child born to parents not married to each other, and hanai child acknowledged prior to the personal injury.

     "Grandchild" includes a child of an adopted child and a child of a stepchild, but does not include a stepchild of a child.

     "Grandparent" includes a parent of a parent by adoption, but does not include a parent of a stepparent, a stepparent of a parent, or a stepparent of a stepparent.

     "Parent" includes a stepparent or a parent by adoption. [L 1963, c 116, pt of §1; Supp, §97-2; HRS §386-2; am L 1982, c 193, §1; am L 1997, c 52, §1]

 

Revision Note

 

  Definitions rearranged pursuant to §23G-15.

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Prior to 1982 amendment, benefits under workers' compensation law did not extend to hanai children.  Att. Gen. Op. 93-1.

 

Case Notes

 

  Construed.  31 H. 814 (1931).

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2021 · leading case: Peters v. Costello, 891 A.2d 705 (Pa. 2005).
Peters v. Costello, 891 A.2d 705 (Pa. 2005). · cites it 2× “10, § 901(9)(m)(n) (relationships include blood relationships and relationships by adoption); Haw.Rev.Stat. § 386-2 (grandparent is parent of parent by adoption, but not parent of stepparent, stepparent of parent, or stepparent of stepparent); 405 Ill.”
Survivors of Amos K. Agliam v. C & F Trucking, 486 P.3d 1213 (Haw. App. 2021). · cites it 8× “HRS § 386-2 (Supp. 1997), the definitions section, defines "Child" to include a "posthumous child, adopted child, stepchild, child born to parents not married to each other, and hanai child acknowledged prior to the personal injury.”
In re AB. (Haw. 2019). · cites it 2× “The child is given outright, and the natural parents renounce all claims to the child.” HAR § 17-656.1-2. And in Hawai i’s Workers Compensation Law, the term “child” includes “a hanai child acknowledged prior to the personal injury.”
In re AB., 145 Haw. 498 (Haw. 2019). · cites it 2× “The child is given outright, and the natural parents renounce all claims to the child.” HAR § 17-656.1-2. And in Hawai i’s Workers Compensation Law, the term “child” includes “a hanai child acknowledged prior to the personal injury.”
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