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HRS §584A-806

When a former spouse is not a parent after assisted reproduction

If a marriage ends before the transfer of eggs or embryos, the former spouse is not the child's parent unless they agreed in writing to be a parent after the marriage ended and did not withdraw that agreement.

spouses

The statute, as written — Effect of certain legal proceedings regarding marriage

If a marriage of an individual who gives birth to a child conceived by assisted reproduction is terminated through divorce or dissolution, subject to legal separation or separate maintenance, declared invalid, or annulled before transfer of gametes or embryos to said individual, a former spouse of said individual is not a parent of the child unless the former spouse consented in a record that the former spouse would be a parent of the child if assisted reproduction were to occur after a divorce, dissolution, legal separation, separate maintenance, declaration of invalidity, or annulment, and the former spouse did not withdraw consent under section 584A-807.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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