# Judicial approval · Hawaii — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Judicial approval · Hawaii, state is Hawaii; minimum age is 15; exception type is Judicial approval; age with judicial approval is under the age of sixteen years, but in no event under the age of fifteen years; statutory citation is Hawaii Rev. Stat. § 572-1, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Hawaii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 15 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Judicial approval _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with judicial approval:** under the age of sixteen years, but in no event under the age of fifteen years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Hawaii Rev. Stat. § 572-1

## What the source says

> provided that with the written approval of the family court of the circuit within which the minor resides, it shall be lawful for a person under the age of sixteen years, but in no event under the age of fifteen years, to marry, subject to section 572-2

## Source

- https://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2025-Statutory-Text-Compilation.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2026-12-29.
Part of [Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state](https://referencesource.org/state-minimum-marriage-age-exceptions/).