§577-1 Age of majority. All persons residing in the State, who have attained the age of eighteen years, shall be regarded as of legal age and their period of minority to have ceased. [CC 1859, §1487; am L 1919, c 116, §1; RL 1925, §3032; RL 1935, §4510; RL 1945, §12261; RL 1955, §330-1; HRS §577-1; am L 1972, c 2, §1; am L 1975, c 77, §1(1)]