2017 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 31. FAMILY
577. Children
577-15 Children deemed to be orphans.
§577-15 Children deemed to be orphans. For the purpose of taking, or determining eligibility to take, any benefit under any law or under any private instrument by the terms of which orphans are eligible to receive benefits, a child born of parents not married to each other and not adopted shall be deemed an orphan; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed (1) to deprive any such child of any rights of inheritance, or to support, or any other rights, to which the child would be entitled, or (2) to affect the liabilities of any other person with respect to any such child to which the person would be subject, if this section had not been enacted. [L 1941, c 263, §1; RL 1945, §12281; RL 1955, §330-13; HRS §577-15; am L 1975, c 77, §1(4)]
