§572-3 - Contracted without the State.

§572-3  Contracted without the State. 
Marriages between a man and a woman legal in the country 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]

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; 12 H. 329.

  Presumption of validity.  29 H. 716.

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