HRS §580-27
Children are legitimate after annulment
This law says that when a marriage is annulled for certain reasons, any children from that marriage are still considered legitimate. This means the children keep the same legal status as if the marriage had been valid. The law covers annulments for age, mental capacity, close family relationship, or other legal grounds.
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The statute, as written — Legitimacy in case of annulment
Upon the annulment of a marriage on account of nonage, lack of mental capacity of either party to consent to the marriage, or of a marriage that is prohibited on account of consanguinity between the parties, or for any other ground specified in section 580-21, the issue of the marriage shall be legitimate. [CC 1859, §§1319, 1320; am imp L 1870, c 24, §1; rep L 1872, c 23, §2; am L 1872, c 23, §1; RL 1925, §§2961, 2962; RL 1935, §§4456, 4457; am L 1935, c 115, §§1, 2; RL 1945, §12207; RL 1955, §324-7; HRS §580-27; am L 1980, c 43, §3]
Sections this one refers to
§580-21 When a marriage can be annulled
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