HRS §580-28
When you can end a marriage due to physical incapacity
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law says that a marriage can be annulled if one spouse was physically unable to have sex at the time of the marriage. Only the healthy spouse can bring the case, and it must be done within two years of the wedding.
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The statute, as written — Physical incapacity
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.
An action to annul the marriage on the ground of physical incapacity of one of the parties at the time of marriage, shall only be maintained by the injured party, against the party whose incapacity is alleged, and shall in all cases be brought within two years from the solemnization of the marriage. [CC 1859, §1321; RL 1925, §2963; RL 1935, §4458; RL 1945, §12208; RL 1955, §324-8; HRS §580-28; am L 1973, c 211, §5(m)]
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