HRS §578-11
Adoption after the person who asked dies
If a person who asked to adopt a child dies before the court decides, the court can still finish the adoption if it is best for the child and any surviving person who asked still wants it. The adoption would be treated as if it happened when the request was first made.
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The statute, as written — Disposition in case of death of petitioners
Notwithstanding the death of a petitioner or the petitioners during the pendency of the petition, the court, if it finds that the best interests of the individual to be adopted will be served thereby, and, in the case of a surviving petitioner, that such petitioner so desires, may enter a decree of adoption as prayed for in the petition, effective as of the date of the filing of the petition. [RL 1945, pt of §12276; am L 1953, c 115, pt of §1; RL 1955, §331-11; HRS §578-11; am L 1973, c 211, §3(i); am L 1976, c 194, §1(6)]
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