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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 584A-808

Parental status of deceased individual

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 584A-101 to 584A-917 (65 sections).

L 2025, c 298, pt of §2

(a) If an individual who intends to be a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction dies during the period between the transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of the child, the individual's death shall not preclude the establishment of the individual's parentage of the child if the individual otherwise would be a parent of the child under this chapter.

(b) If an individual who consented in a record to assisted reproduction by an individual who agreed to give birth to a child dies before a transfer of gametes or embryos, the deceased individual is a parent of a child conceived by the assisted reproduction only if:

(1) Either:

(A) The individual consented in a record that if assisted reproduction were to occur after the death of the individual, the individual would be a parent of the child; or

(B) The individual's intent to be a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction after the individual's death is established by clear and convincing evidence; and

(2) Either:

(A) The embryo is in utero no later than thirty-six months after the individual's death; or

(B) The child is born no later than forty-five months after the individual's death.

Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.