§572-3  Contracted without the State.  Marriages between two individuals regardless of gender and legal where contracted shall be held legal in the courts of this State. [CC 1859, §1290; RL 1925, §2945; RL 1935, §4632; RL 1945, §12353; RL 1955, §323-3; HRS §572-3; am L 1994, c 217, §4; am L Sp 2013 2d, c 1, §4]

Rules of Court

  Determination of foreign law, see HFCR rule 44.1.

  Proof of official record, see HFCR rule 44.

Case Notes

  If legal where entered into, legal everywhere unless odious by common consent of civilized nations.  3 H. 489 (1873); 12 H. 329 (1900).

  Presumption of validity.  29 H. 716 (1927).

  Mexican proxy marriage.  47 H. 345, 388 P.2d 846 (1964).