HRS §572C-6
Rights and duties of reciprocal beneficiaries
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Once you get a certificate of reciprocal beneficiary relationship, you and your partner have the rights and duties that the law gives to reciprocal beneficiaries. But unless a law says otherwise, you do not get the same rights and duties that married couples have.
The statute, as written — Rights and obligations
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.
Upon the issuance of a certificate of reciprocal beneficiary relationship, the parties named in the certificate shall be entitled to those rights and obligations provided by the law to reciprocal beneficiaries. Unless otherwise expressly provided by law, reciprocal beneficiaries shall not have the same rights and obligations under the law that are conferred through marriage under chapter 572.
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