Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 572-3 (2026)

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).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2012–2018 · leading case: Chen v. Hoeflinger, 279 P.3d 11 (Haw. App. 2012).

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Chen v. Hoeflinger, 279 P.3d 11 (Haw. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “See Haw.Rev.Stat. § 572-3 (2006) (“Marriages between a man and a woman legal in the country where contracted shall be held legal in the courts of this State.”

Rita v. State, 429 P.3d 1229 (Haw. 2018). · cites it 2× “However, HRS § 572-3 (Supp. 1994) also provided that "[m]arriages between a man and a woman legal in the country where contracted shall be legal in the courts of this state.”

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