Divorce in Hawaii
We haven't verified Hawaii's divorce rules from an official source yet. Each rule below links to the official text it comes from.
Key facts: divorce in Hawaii
| Filing fee | $215 ($265 with minor children)[1] details ↓ |
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Statutes and court rules as checked October 26, 2026. Not legal advice.
What are the divorce laws in Hawaii?
Not legal advice. These are plain-English summaries of Hawaii’s statutes and court rules as of the date shown on each; they can change and courts apply them case by case. Read the linked source or ask a lawyer licensed in Hawaii.
Waiting period
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Residency requirement
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No-fault divorce
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Property division
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Court mediation for custody
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Court mediation fees
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Filing fee
$215 ($265 with minor children)
The Family Court divorce filing fee totals $215 (filing fee, surcharge and computer system surcharge), or $265 if either party has minor children because of a $50 parent education surcharge.[1]
Hawaii State Judiciary, Court Filing Fees · checked October 26, 2026
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“TOTAL W/O MINOR CHILDREN $ 215.00”
“TOTAL W/ MINOR CHILDREN $ 265.00”
Divorce rate
No CDC rate for 2024
The CDC’s state table has no 2024 divorce rate for Hawaii (its last published rate: 3.7 in 2002). In the Census Bureau’s 2024 survey, 6.4 of every 1,000 women 15 and older in Hawaii divorced in the past year (±2.1; U.S. 6.9), a different measure.[3][4]
Divorce rates by state, with sources → · CDC/NCHS NVSS; Census ACS · checked October 27, 2026
Estimate your divorce cost in Hawaii: mediation vs. court →
How child support is calculated in Hawaii →
Official help: Divorce (Hawaii State Judiciary self-help)
Mediators per 100,000: MediationList listings from official court and government rosters in Hawaii (105) ÷ population (1,446,146, U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (July 1, 2024)) × 100,000, the same figure as mediator statistics.[2]
Questions about divorce in Hawaii
How much does it cost to file for divorce in Hawaii?
The Family Court divorce filing fee totals $215 (filing fee, surcharge and computer system surcharge), or $265 if either party has minor children because of a $50 parent education surcharge. — Hawaii State Judiciary, Court Filing Fees[1]
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Sources
Hawaii’s statutes and court rules, read on the official site, plus federal statistics; each with the date we checked it.
- Hawaii State Judiciary, Court Filing Fees (effective 6/17/22)↩
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county and state population estimates (July 1, 2024)↩
- CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System: Divorce rates by State: 1990, 1995, and 2000-2024↩
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates, table https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2024.B12503↩