The clerk of any state court shall provide to any veteran of the armed forces of the United States, the veteran's spouse, any member of the immediate family of a veteran, or the next of kin of a deceased veteran, free copies of decrees of divorce or adoption, when such copies are required for use in connection with a claim based on service in the armed forces of the United States.

[L 1949, c 44, §1; RL 1955, §218-5; HRS §606-5; am L 1972, c 139, §1]