HRS § 338-21 reads:
“Legitimation. (a) All children born out of wedlock, irrespective of the marriage of either parent to another, become legitimate on the marriage of the parents with each other and are entitled to the same rights as those born in wedlock and shall take their father’s name as a family name.
The child or children or the parents thereof may petition the department of health to issue a new certificate of birth in the new name of the legitimated child, and the department shall issue the new certificate of birth upon being satisfied that the child or children has or have been legitimated.”
ObligedFriend,
Is that the current rules or is it the 1960s era rules.
(We gotta get into time machines for this :0 )