HRS §580-49
Support for an insane spouse after divorce
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a spouse is insane when a divorce is granted, the court can later change the divorce order to require the other spouse to support them. The court can use the other spouse's property or earnings from before or after the divorce, and can require security for that support.
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The statute, as written — Support of insane spouse after divorce
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.
In every action for divorce where a decree is granted to the plaintiff and the defendant is insane at the time of the decree, the court may, at any time after entering the decree, revise and alter the same so far as the support and maintenance of the insane person is concerned, and may provide for such maintenance by the plaintiff out of any property or earnings acquired by the plaintiff subsequently, as well as previously, to the decree of divorce. The court making the order for maintenance, may, in its discretion, require the plaintiff to give security to the satisfaction of the court for the faithful execution of the same.
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