HRS §533-13
Choosing Between Dower and a Marriage Settlement
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a wife was promised money or property instead of her dower rights, she must decide within six months of her husband's death whether to take that promise or claim her dower instead. If she does nothing, she keeps the promise and loses her dower.
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The statute, as written — Election between dower and jointure or pecuniary provision, when
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
If any jointure or pecuniary provision in lieu of dower is made before the marriage and without the assent of the intended wife, or if it is made after marriage, it shall bar her dower, unless within six months after receiving notice of the death of her husband, and of the jointure or pecuniary provision, she makes her election to waive the jointure or provision, and to be endowed of the lands of her husband. [CC 1859, §1311; RL 1925, §3029; RL 1935, §4842; RL 1945, §12112; RL 1955, §319-13; HRS §533-13]
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