Hanai definition

Hanai means a child who is taken permanently to be reared, educated, and loved by someone other than natural parents--traditionally a grandparent or other relative. The child is given outright; natural parents renounce all claims to the child. Usually the child is given at infancy.
Hanai means a child who is taken permanently to be reared, educated, and loved by someone other than the natural parents at the time of the child’s birth or early childhood. The child is given outright and the natural parents renounce all claims to the child. The natural parents cannot reclaim the child except for the death or serious injury of the hanai parents.
Hanai means a child who is taken permanently to be reared, educated, and loved by someone other than the child’s natural parents at the time of the child’s birth or in early childhood. The child is given outright, and the natural parents renounce all claims to the child.

Examples of Hanai in a sentence

  • Provided, however, an individual affected by the "Hanai" relationship shall be entitled to utilize funeral leave only for those members of the Employee's immediate family resulting from the "Hanai" relationship.

  • Provided, however, individuals affected by the "Hanai" relationship shall be entitled to utilize funeral leave only for those members of the immediate family resulting from the "Hanai" relationship.

  • For the purpose of this Article immediate family is defined as: parents, brothers, sisters, spouses, children, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, or any individual who has become a member of an immediate family through the Hawaiian "Hanai" custom.

  • For the purpose of this Article immediate family is defined as: parents, brothers, sisters, spouses, children, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, or an individual who has become a member of an immediate family through the Hawaiian "Hanai" custom.

  • Immediate family shall also include the spouse’s or domestic partner’s children, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren or any individual who has become a member of an immediate family through the Hawaii "Hanai" custom.

  • Immediate family shall also include the spouse‘s or domestic partner‘s children, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren or any individual who has become a member of an immediate family through the Hawaii "Hanai" custom.

  • For the purpose of this Article immediate family is defined as: parents, brothers, sisters, spouses/reciprocal beneficiaries, children, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, or an individual who has become a member of an immediate family through the Hawaiian "Hanai" custom.

  • Provided, however, an individual affected by the "Hanai" relationship shall be entitled to utilize funeral leave only for those members of the individual's immediate family resulting from the "Hanai" relationship.

  • For the purpose of this Article immediate family is defined as: a mother, a father, brothers, sisters, spouses/reciprocal beneficiaries, children, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, or an individual who has become a member of an immediate family through the Hawaiian "Hanai" custom.

  • For the purpose of this Article, immediate family is defined as: spouse, children, parents, brothers, sisters, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, or an individual who has become a member of an immediate family through the Hawaiian "Hanai" custom.


More Definitions of Hanai

Hanai means a child taken permanently to be reared, educated and loved by someone other than natural parents— traditionally a grandparent or other relative. The child is given outright; natural parents renounce all claims to the child.
Hanai means a child who is taken permanently to be reared, educated, and loved by an individual(s) other than natural parents at the time of the child's birth or early childhood. The child is given outright; the natural parents renounce all claims to the child.
Hanai means to feed or nourish, and “refers to a child who is reared, educated, and loved by someone other than the child’s natural parents.” Interest of AB, 145 Hawai‛i 498, 519 n.1, 454 P.3d 439, 460 n.1 (2019) quoting Native Hawaiian Law: A Treatise 1140 (Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie with Susan K. Serrano, D. Kapua‛ala Sproat, eds., 2015) (citation omitted).
Hanai means a child who is taken permanently to be reared, educated, and loved by someone other than