§532-1 Issue includes whom. The word "issue," as used in this chapter, includes all the lawful lineal descendants of the ancestor. [CC 1859, §1462; RL 1925, §3304; RL 1935, §4812; RL 1945, §12072; RL 1955, §318-1; HRS §532-1]
Case Notes
Does not include illegitimate child. 20 H. 722 (1911).
Includes adopted child. 26 H. 439 (1922).
"Issue by me begotten" does not include grandchildren. 29 H. 278 (1926).
"Issue" as used in will includes adopted child. 35 H. 104 (1939), aff'd 115 F.2d 956 (1940); 42 H. 640 (1958); 49 H. 273, 414 P.2d 925 (1966); see also 42 H. 129 (1957).
"Keiki" construed as descendant of any generation, according to the context. 47 H. 610, 393 P.2d 753 (1964).
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
532-3 Actual possession not requisite.
532-4 General rules of descent.
532-5 From unmarried minor child.
532-6 To child born to parents not married to each other.
532-7 From persons born to parents not married to each other.
532-10 Advancements; effect of.
532-11 Advancement; valuation of.