HRS §580-45
When a divorce decree takes effect
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗After a full court hearing, if the judge decides a divorce should be granted, the court signs and files a decree that becomes effective on a date the judge chooses. For a divorce, that date cannot be more than one month after the decree is signed. The judge can skip the hearing for an uncontested divorce and accept written statements instead.
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The statute, as written — Decree
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.
If after a full hearing, the court is of opinion that a divorce ought to be granted from the bonds of matrimony a decree shall be signed, filed and entered, which shall take effect from and after such time as may be fixed by the court in the decree. The court, in its discretion, may waive a hearing on an uncontested divorce complaint and admit proof by affidavit. In case of a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony, such time so fixed shall not be more than one month from and after the date of the decree.
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