HRS §572-21
Property in One Spouse's Name Is Presumed Separate
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If property is titled in only one spouse's name, the law assumes it belongs to that spouse alone. This assumption can be challenged with evidence, but it applies no matter when the property was obtained.
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The statute, as written — Presumption of separate property
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.
There is a rebuttable presumption that all property, both real and personal, acquired in the name of the husband or of the wife, without regard to the time of acquisition thereof, is the separate property of the spouse in the name of whom the same has been acquired.
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