{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-572c-7","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 572C-7","heading":"Termination of reciprocal beneficiary relationship; filing fees and records; termination upon marriage.","body":"(a) Either party to a reciprocal beneficiary relationship may terminate the relationship by filing a signed notarized declaration of termination of reciprocal beneficiary relationship by either of the reciprocal beneficiaries with the director. For the filing of the declaration, the director shall collect a fee of $8, which shall be remitted to the director of finance for deposit into the general fund.\n\n(b) Upon the payment of the fee, the director shall file the declaration and issue a certificate of termination of reciprocal beneficiary relationship to each party of the former relationship. The director shall maintain a record of each declaration and certificate of termination of reciprocal beneficiary relationship filed with or issued by the director.\n\n(c) A reciprocal beneficiary relationship shall automatically terminate when:\n\n(1) Either party to the reciprocal beneficiary relationship enters into a marriage or civil union solemnized by a person licensed by the department of health; or\n\n(2) Either party to the reciprocal beneficiary relationship enters into a union outside the State that is recognized by law as a marriage or civil union in the State.\n\n(d) If either party to a reciprocal beneficiary relationship enters into a legal marriage or civil union, the parties shall no longer have a reciprocal beneficiary relationship and shall no longer be entitled to the rights and benefits of reciprocal beneficiaries, except as provided in section 572B-4.5.","path":["HI Code","Division 3","Title 31","Chapter 572C"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0572C/HRS_0572C-0007.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"7f61b318165e132fef5cf7785faab6e97908d41aef5819ff22949d6b874f3405","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-572c-6","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-572d-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}