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Federal legislation seeks to lower blood quantum for Hawaiian homestead successors

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JUNE 10
                                The Princess Kahanu Estates Hawaiian homestead is located in Nanakuli. In 1986 legislation was approved to lower the blood-­quantum successor require­- ment for spouses and children from one-half to one- quarter. The one-quarter requirement was extended to grandchildren in 1997 and to siblings in 2005.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JUNE 10

The Princess Kahanu Estates Hawaiian homestead is located in Nanakuli. In 1986 legislation was approved to lower the blood-­quantum successor require­- ment for spouses and children from one-half to one- quarter. The one-quarter requirement was extended to grandchildren in 1997 and to siblings in 2005.