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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 574-1 (2026)

  Married persons; civil union partners

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     §574-1  Married persons; civil union partners.  Upon marriage or civil union, each of the parties to a marriage or partners in a civil union shall declare the middle and last names each will use as a married person or civil union partner.  No person shall be required to change that person's middle or last name upon entering into a marriage or civil union.  Parties to a marriage and partners in a civil union shall not be required to have the same middle or last name.  Every person may adopt any middle or last name upon entering into a marriage or civil union. [L 1860, p 32, §1; RL 1925, §3119; RL 1935, §4663; RL 1945, §12384; RL 1955, §327-1; HRS §574-1; am L 1975, c 114, §1; am L 1991, c 121, §1; am L 1993, c 346, §1; am L 2012, c 267, §13; am L 2019, c 11, §1]

 

Case Notes

 

  Mentioned:  57 H. 82, 549 P.2d 739 (1976).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1976–1979 · leading case: Jech v. Burch, 466 F. Supp. 714 (D. Haw. 1979).
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Jech v. Burch, 466 F. Supp. 714 (D. Haw. 1979). · cites it 2× “§ 574-1 (1968). This was changed in 1975 to allow a wife to retain her maiden name, or a husband to take his wife’s surname, or either party to choose a hyphenated combination of both surnames, in either order.”
Jezierny v. Biggins, 549 P.2d 739 (Haw. 1976). · cites it 2× “HRS § 574-1, upon which the family court relied in its ruling upon Appellant’s motion, has been amended to provide that a married woman may elect to use her maiden name as her surname, rather than that of her husband.”
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