§580-27  Legitimacy in case of annulment.  Upon the annulment of a marriage on account of nonage, lack of mental capacity of either party to consent to the marriage, or of a marriage that is prohibited on account of consanguinity between the parties, or for any other ground specified in section 580-21, the issue of the marriage shall be legitimate. [CC 1859, §§1319, 1320; am imp L 1870, c 24, §1; rep L 1872, c 23, §2; am L 1872, c 23, §1; RL 1925, §§2961, 2962; RL 1935, §§4456, 4457; am L 1935, c 115, §§1, 2; RL 1945, §12207; RL 1955, §324-7; HRS §580-27; am L 1980, c 43, §3]

Case Notes

  Cited:  6 H. 289, 291 (1881).