H.B. 647 Summary

• Raises the minimum age requirement for marriage in Hawaii from 16 years old to 18 years old, with no exceptions for parental or family court consent.

• Eliminates the provision allowing family court judicial approval for minors under age 16 (but not under 15) to marry.

• Removes parental consent and family court written approval requirements that previously allowed minors under 18 to marry.

• Eliminates spousal cohabitation after attaining legal age as a valid defense against annulment based on nonage.

• Removes marriage as an automatic basis for emancipation of a minor, requiring court declaration of emancipation instead.