HRS §651-93

How divorce or separation affects property exemptions

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

After a court grants a separation or divorce decree, each spouse can claim their own property exemption. If they reconcile and the divorce is dismissed or the separation decree is canceled, those separate exemptions are void, and they can only have one exemption together.

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The statute, as written — Effect of separation, divorce, reconciliation

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.

Following the entry of a decree of separate maintenance or an interlocutory decree of divorce, each spouse may claim a separate real property exemption under this part as a person. A subsequent reconciliation of the spouses when evidenced by a dismissal of the divorce action or vacation of the decree of separate maintenance executed by both spouses or their attorneys of record shall cancel a separate claim for a real property exemption and the spouses shall only have one real property exemption.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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