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HRS §580-23

When a marriage can be voided because a spouse is still married

A marriage can be declared null if one person was already married to someone else when they got married. Either spouse in the new marriage, or the first spouse, can ask the court to do this while both people in the new marriage are alive.

spouses

The statute, as written — Former spouse living

A marriage may be declared null on the ground that one of the parties has an undivorced spouse living, on the application of either of the parties during the lifetime of the other, or on the application of the former spouse. [CC 1859, §1315; RL 1925, §2957; RL 1935, §4452; RL 1945, §12203; RL 1955, §324-3; HRS §580-23; am L 2023, c 160, §9]
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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