Hawaii Revised Statutes
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 533-1 (2026)
REPEALED.
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§533-1 REPEALED. L 1997, c 244, §17.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1979–2012 · leading case: Matter of Est. of Lorenzo, 602 P.2d 521 (Haw. 1979).
Matter of Est. of Lorenzo, 602 P.2d 521 (Haw. 1979). “The Hawaii Legislature has codified the common law dower right in its enactment of HRS § 533-1. 8 Despite dower’s current statutory form, its purpose and effect remain the same as that established at common law — as a marital right created to provide an assured means of support…”
Riethbrock v. Lange., 282 P.3d 543 (Haw. 2012). “At the time HRS § 580-56(d) was enacted in 1973, HRS § 533-1 (Supp.1973) provided: Every woman shall be endowed of one-third part of all the lands owned by her husband at any time during marriage, in fee simple, in freehold, or in leasehold, unless she is lawfully barred thereof.”
Magoon v. Magoon, 780 P.2d 80 (Haw. 1989). “By virtue of HRS § 533-1, “[e]very woman shall be endowed of one-third part of all the lands which are not included in the net estate of her husband which is subject to her elective share and which were owned by her husband in fee simple, in freehold, or in leasehold at any time…”
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