{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-386-2","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 386-2","heading":"Definitions relating to family relationships.","body":"\"Brother\" or \"sister\" includes a half brother or half sister, a stepbrother or stepsister, and a brother or sister by adoption.\n\n\"Child\" includes a posthumous child, adopted child, stepchild, child born to parents not married to each other, and hanai child acknowledged prior to the personal injury.\n\n\"Grandchild\" includes a child of an adopted child and a child of a stepchild, but does not include a stepchild of a child.\n\n\"Grandparent\" includes a parent of a parent by adoption, but does not include a parent of a stepparent, a stepparent of a parent, or a stepparent of a stepparent.\n\n\"Parent\" includes a stepparent or a parent by adoption. [L 1963, c 116, pt of §1; Supp, §97-2; HRS §386-2; am L 1982, c 193, §1; am L 1997, c 52, §1]\n\nRevision Note","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 21","Chapter 386"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0386/HRS_0386-0002.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"14bace7ac63656e9b4cd63bcc95bd53ddd00156eaad0f156f99a8c60f55c7a0f","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-386-199","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-386-200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}