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2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 31. Family
572. Marriage
572-28 Suits by and against.
Universal Citation: HI Rev Stat § 572-28 (2023)
§572-28 Suits by and against. A married person may sue and be sued in the same manner as if the person were sole. This section shall be construed to authorize tort suits between spouses. [L 1888, c 11, §5; RL 1925, §2998; RL 1935, §4649; RL 1945, §12370; RL 1955, §325-5; HRS §573-5; ren and am L 1987, c 46, pt of §2; am L 1993, c 70, §2]
Cross References
Torts, who may sue and for what, see §663-1.
Law Journals and Reviews
Empowering Battered Women: Changes in Domestic Violence Laws in Hawai`i. 17 UH L. Rev. 575 (1995).
Interspousal Torts: A Procedural Framework for Hawai`i. 19 UH L. Rev. 377 (1997).
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