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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2.3

  • Internal Revenue Code: includes the federal tax principles of alter ego, nominee, sham transaction, substance over form, economic substance, or business purpose, as those principles are developed by statute or common law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Person: means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, or other entity and, to the extent permitted by law, any federal, state, or other governmental unit or subdivision or agency, department, or instrumentality thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2

All provisions of the Internal Revenue Code referred to in this chapter that apply to a husband and wife, spouses, or person in a legal marital relationship shall be deemed to apply in this chapter to partners in a civil union with the same force and effect as if they were “husband and wife”, “spouses”, or other terms that describe persons in a legal marital relationship.