There is a rebuttable presumption that all property, both real and personal, acquired in the name of the husband or of the wife, without regard to the time of acquisition thereof, is the separate property of the spouse in the name of whom the same has been acquired.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 572-21
Presumption of separate property
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 42 Wash. App. 740 - Devine v. Devine (1985)
Most recently applied in 42 Wash. App. 740 - Devine v. Devine (December 1985)
L 1945, c 273, pt of §1; am L 1949, c 242, §3(a); RL 1955, §326-1; HRS §510-1; ren L 1984, c 79, §1
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