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2009 Hawaii Code
Volume 12
TITLE 30A - UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
CHAPTER 560 - UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
- §560:1-101 - Short title.
- §560:1-101 to 560 - 1-403 REPEALED.
- §560:1-102 - Purposes; rule of construction.
- §560:1-103 - Supplementary general principles of law applicable.
- §560:1-104 - Severability.
- §560:1-105 - Construction against implied repeal.
- §560:1-106 - Effect of fraud and evasion.
- §560:1-107 - Evidence of death or status.
- §560:1-108 - Acts by holder of general power.
- §560:1-201 - General definitions.
- §560:1-301 - Territorial application.
- §560:1-302 - Subject matter jurisdiction.
- §560:1-303 - Venue; multiple proceedings; transfer.
- §560:1-304 - Practice in court.
- §560:1-305 - Records and certified copies.
- §560:1-306 - Jury trial.
- §560:1-307 - Registrar; powers.
- §560:1-308 - Appeals.
- §560:1-309 - Reserved.
- §560:1-310 - Oath or affirmation on filed documents.
- §560:1-311 - Documents sealed upon filing.
- §560:1-401 - Notice; method and time of giving.
- §560:1-402 - Notice; waiver.
- §560:1-403 - Pleadings; when parties bound by others; notice.
- §560:2-101 to 560 - 2-902 REPEALED.
- §560:2-102 - Share of spouse or reciprocal beneficiary.
- §560:2-103 - Share of heirs other than surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary.
- §560:2-104 - Requirement that heir survive decedent for one hundred twenty hours.
- §560:2-105 - No taker.
- §560:2-105.5 - Escheat of kuleana lands.
- §560:2-106 - Representation.
- §560:2-107 - Kindred of half blood.
- §560:2-108 - Afterborn heirs.
- §560:2-109 - Advancements.
- §560:2-110 - Debts to decedent.
- §560:2-111 - Alienage.
- §560:2-112 - Dower and curtesy abolished.
- §560:2-113 - Individuals related to decedent through two lines.
- §560:2-114 - Parent and child relationship.
- §560:2-201 - Definitions.
- §560:2-202 - Elective share.
- §560:2-203 - Composition of the augmented estate.
- §560:2-204 - Decedent's net probate estate.
- §560:2-205 - Decedent's nonprobate transfers to others.
- §560:2-206 - Decedent's nonprobate transfers to the surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary.
- §560:2-207 - Surviving spouse's or reciprocal beneficiary's property and nonprobate transfers to others.
- §560:2-208 - Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application.
- §560:2-209 - Sources from which elective share payable.
- §560:2-210 - Personal liability of recipients.
- §560:2-211 - Proceeding for elective share; time limit.
- §560:2-212 - Right of election personal to surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary; incapacitated surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary.
- §560:2-213 - Waiver of right to elect and of other rights.
- §560:2-214 - Protection of payors and other third parties.
- §560:2-301 - Entitlement of spouse or reciprocal beneficiary; premarital will.
- §560:2-302 - Omitted children.
- §560:2-401 - Applicable law.
- §560:2-402 - Homestead allowance.
- §560:2-403 - Exempt property.
- §560:2-404 - Family allowance.
- §560:2-405 - Source, determination, and documentation.
- §560:2-501 - Who may make will.
- §560:2-502 - Execution; witnessed wills; holographic wills.
- §560:2-503 - Writings intended as wills, etc.
- §560:2-504 - Self-proved will.
- §560:2-505 - Who may witness.
- §560:2-506 - Choice of law as to execution.
- §560:2-507 - Revocation by writing or by act.
- §560:2-508 - Revocation by change of circumstances.
- §560:2-509 - Revival of revoked will.
- §560:2-510 - Incorporation by reference.
- §560:2-511 - Testamentary additions to trusts.
- §560:2-512 - Events of independent significance.
- §560:2-513 - Separate writing identifying devise of certain types of tangible personal property.
- §560:2-514 - Contracts concerning succession.
- §560:2-515 - Reserved.
- §560:2-516 - Duty of custodian of will; liability.
- §560:2-517 - Penalty clause for contest.
- §560:2-601 - Scope.
- §560:2-602 - Will may pass all property and after-acquired property.
- §560:2-603 - Antilapse; deceased devisee; class gifts.
- §560:2-604 - Failure of testamentary provision.
- §560:2-605 - Increase in securities; accessions.
- §560:2-606 - Nonademption of specific devises; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance; sale by conservator or agent.
- §560:2-607 - Nonexoneration.
- §560:2-608 - Exercise of power of appointment.
- §560:2-609 - Ademption by satisfaction.
- §560:2-701 - Scope.
- §560:2-702 - Requirement of survival by one hundred twenty hours.
- §560:2-703 - Choice of law as to meaning and effect of governing instrument.
- §560:2-704 - Power of appointment; meaning of specific reference requirement.
- §560:2-705 - Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession.
- §560:2-706 - Life insurance; retirement plan; transfer-on-death registration; deceased beneficiary.
- §560:2-707 - Survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of trust; substitute takers.
- §560:2-708 - Class gifts to "descendants", "issue", or "heirs of the body"; form of distribution if none specified.
- §560:2-709 - Representation; per capita at each generation; per stirpes.
- §560:2-710 - Worthier-title doctrine abolished.
- §560:2-711 - Interest in "heirs" and like.
- §560:2-801 - REPEALED.
- §560:2-802 - Effect of divorce, annulment, decree of separation, and termination of reciprocal beneficiary relationship.
- §560:2-803 - Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, trusts, joint assets, life insurance, and beneficiary designations.
- §560:2-804 - Revocation of probate and nonprobate transfers by divorce or termination of reciprocal beneficiary relationship; no revocation by other changes of circumstances.
- §560:2-901 to 560 - 2-907 Reserved.
- §560:2-1001 to 560 - 2-1010 Reserved.
- §560:2-101 to 560 - 2-902 REPEALED.
- §560:3-101 to 560 - 3-1215 REPEALED.
- §560:3-102 - Necessity of order of probate for will.
- §560:3-103 - Necessity of appointment for administration.
- §560:3-104 - Claims against decedent; necessity of administration.
- §560:3-105 - Proceedings affecting devolution and administration; jurisdiction of subject matter.
- §560:3-106 - Proceedings within the exclusive jurisdiction of court; service; jurisdiction over persons.
- §560:3-107 - Scope of proceedings; proceedings independent; exception.
- §560:3-108 - Probate, testacy and appointment proceedings; ultimate time limit.
- §560:3-109 - Statutes of limitation on decedent's cause of action.
- §560:3-201 - Venue for first and subsequent estate proceedings; location of property.
- §560:3-202 - Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state.
- §560:3-203 - Priority among persons seeking appointment as personal representative.
- §560:3-204 - Demand for notice of order or filing concerning decedent's estate.
- §560:3-301 - Informal probate or appointment proceedings; application; contents.
- §560:3-302 - Informal probate; duty of registrar; effect of informal probate.
- §560:3-303 - Informal probate; proof and findings required.
- §560:3-304 - Informal probate; unavailable in certain cases.
- §560:3-305 - Informal probate; registrar not satisfied.
- §560:3-306 - Informal probate; notice requirements.
- §560:3-307 - Informal appointment proceedings; delay in order; duty of registrar; effect of appointment.
- §560:3-308 - Informal appointment proceedings; proof and findings required.
- §560:3-309 - Informal appointment proceedings; registrar not satisfied.
- §560:3-310 - Informal appointment proceedings; notice requirements.
- §560:3-311 - Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases.
- §560:3-312 to 560 - 3-322 Reserved.
- §560:3-401 - Formal testacy proceedings; nature; when commenced.
- §560:3-402 - Formal testacy or appointment proceedings; petition; contents.
- §560:3-403 - Formal testacy proceedings; notice of hearing on petition.
- §560:3-404 - Formal testacy proceedings; written objections to probate.
- §560:3-405 - Formal testacy proceedings; uncontested cases; hearings and proof.
- §560:3-406 - Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases; testimony of attesting witnesses.
- §560:3-407 - Formal testacy proceedings; burdens in contested cases.
- §560:3-408 - Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction.
- §560:3-409 - Formal testacy proceedings; order; foreign will.
- §560:3-410 - Formal testacy proceedings; probate of more than one instrument.
- §560:3-411 - Formal testacy proceedings; partial intestacy.
- §560:3-412 - Formal testacy proceedings; effect of order; vacation.
- §560:3-413 - Formal testacy proceedings; vacation of order for other cause.
- §560:3-414 - Formal proceedings concerning appointment of personal representative.
- §560:3-501 - Supervised administration; nature of proceeding.
- §560:3-502 - Supervised administration; petition; order.
- §560:3-503 - Supervised administration; effect on other proceedings.
- §560:3-504 - Supervised administration; powers of personal representative.
- §560:3-505 - Supervised administration; interim orders; distribution and closing orders.
- §560:3-601 - Qualification.
- §560:3-602 - Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction.
- §560:3-603 - Bond not required without court order, exceptions.
- §560:3-604 - Bond amount; security; procedure; reduction.
- §560:3-605 - Demand for bond by interested person.
- §560:3-606 - Terms and conditions of bonds.
- §560:3-607 - Order restraining personal representative.
- §560:3-608 - Termination of appointment; general.
- §560:3-609 - Termination of appointment; death or disability.
- §560:3-610 - Termination of appointment; voluntary.
- §560:3-611 - Termination of appointment by removal; cause; procedure.
- §560:3-612 - Termination of appointment; change of testacy status.
- §560:3-613 - Successor personal representative.
- §560:3-614 - Special administrator; appointment.
- §560:3-615 - Special administrator; who may be appointed.
- §560:3-616 - Special administrator; appointed informally; powers and duties.
- §560:3-617 - Special administrator; formal proceedings; power and duties.
- §560:3-618 - Termination of appointment; special administrator.
- §560:3-701 - Time of accrual of duties and powers.
- §560:3-702 - Priority among different letters.
- §560:3-703 - General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing to sue.
- §560:3-704 - Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
- §560:3-705 - Duty of personal representative; information to heirs and devisees.
- §560:3-706 - Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisement.
- §560:3-707 - Employment of appraisers.
- §560:3-708 - Duty of personal representative; supplementary inventory.
- §560:3-709 - Duty of personal representative; possession of estate.
- §560:3-710 - Power to avoid transfers.
- §560:3-711 - Powers of personal representatives; in general.
- §560:3-712 - Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty.
- §560:3-713 - Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions.
- §560:3-714 - Persons dealing with personal representative; protection.
- §560:3-715 - Transactions authorized for personal representatives; exceptions.
- §560:3-716 - Powers and duties of successor personal representative.
- §560:3-717 - Co-representatives; when joint action required.
- §560:3-718 - Powers of surviving personal representative.
- §560:3-719 - Compensation of personal representative.
- §560:3-720 - Expenses in estate litigation.
- §560:3-721 - Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate.
- §560:3-801 - Notice to creditors.
- §560:3-802 - Statutes of limitations.
- §560:3-803 - Limitations on presentation of claims.
- §560:3-804 - Manner of presentation of claims.
- §560:3-805 - Classification of claims.
- §560:3-806 - Allowance of claims.
- §560:3-807 - Payment of claims.
- §560:3-808 - Individual liability of personal representative.
- §560:3-809 - Secured claims.
- §560:3-810 - Claims not due and contingent or unliquidated claims.
- §560:3-811 - Counterclaims.
- §560:3-812 - Execution and levies prohibited.
- §560:3-813 - Compromise of claims.
- §560:3-814 - Encumbered assets.
- §560:3-815 - Administration in more than one state; duty of personal representative.
- §560:3-816 - Final distribution to domiciliary representative.
- §560:3-901 - Successors' rights if no administration.
- §560:3-902 - Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement.
- §560:3-903 - Right of retainer.
- §560:3-904 - Interest on general pecuniary devise.
- §560:3-905 - Penalty clause for contest.
- §560:3-906 - Distribution in kind; valuation; method.
- §560:3-907 - Distribution in kind; evidence.
- §560:3-908 - Distribution; right or title of distributee.
- §560:3-909 - Improper distribution; liability of distributee.
- §560:3-910 - Purchasers from distributees protected.
- §560:3-911 - Partition for purpose of distribution.
- §560:3-912 - Private agreements among successors to decedent binding on personal representative.
- §560:3-913 - Distributions to trustee.
- §560:3-914 - Disposition of unclaimed assets.
- §560:3-915 - Distribution to person under disability.
- §560:3-916 - Apportionment of estate taxes.
- §560:3-1001 - Formal proceedings terminating administration; testate or intestate; order of general protection.
- §560:3-1002 - Formal proceedings terminating testate administration; order construing will without adjudicating testacy.
- §560:3-1003 - Closing estates; by sworn statement of personal representative.
- §560:3-1004 - Liability of distributees to claimants.
- §560:3-1005 - Limitations on proceedings against personal representative.
- §560:3-1006 - Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees.
- §560:3-1007 - Certificate discharging liens securing fiduciary performance.
- §560:3-1008 - Subsequent administration.
- §560:3-1101 - Effect of approval of agreements involving trusts, inalienable interests, or interests of third persons.
- §560:3-1102 - Procedure for securing court approval of compromise.
- §560:3-1201 - Collection of personal property by affidavit.
- §560:3-1202 - Effect of affidavit.
- §560:3-1203 - Small estates; summary administration procedure.
- §560:3-1204 - Small estates; closing by sworn statement of personal representative.
- §560:3-1205 - Estates of $100,000 or less; clerk of court to administer.
- §560:3-1206 - Publication by clerk of appointment as personal representative; notice to creditors, heirs, etc.
- §560:3-1207 - Presentation of claims of creditors.
- §560:3-1208 - Claims barred when.
- §560:3-1209 - Duties of clerk and distribution.
- §560:3-1210 - Undistributed proceeds or balances, disposition.
- §560:3-1211 - Exemption from costs.
- §560:3-1212 - Estates of persons leaving no known relatives.
- §560:3-1213 - Reserved.
- §560:3-1214 - Annual audit of accounts of clerk.
- §560:3-1215 - Prohibition on the private practice of law by attorneys for small estates.
- §560:4-101 to 560 - 4-401 REPEALED.
- §560:4-201 - Payment of debt and delivery of property to domiciliary foreign personal representative without local administration.
- §560:4-202 - Payment or delivery discharges.
- §560:4-203 - Resident creditor notice.
- §560:4-204 - Proof of authority-bond.
- §560:4-205 - Powers.
- §560:4-206 - Power of representatives in transition.
- §560:4-207 - Ancillary and other local administrations; provisions governing.
- §560:4-301 - Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative.
- §560:4-302 - Jurisdiction by act of decedent.
- §560:4-303 - Service on foreign personal representative.
- §560:4-401 - Effect of adjudication for or against personal representative.
- §560:5-101 - Short title.
- §560:5-101 to 560 - 5-105 REPEALED.
- §560:5-102 - Definitions.
- §560:5-103 - Reserved.
- §560:5-104 - Facility of transfer.
- §560:5-105 - Delegation of power by parent or guardian.
- §560:5-106 - Subject matter jurisdiction.
- §560:5-107 - Transfer of jurisdiction.
- §560:5-108 - Venue.
- §560:5-109 - Practice in court.
- §560:5-110 - Letters of office.
- §560:5-111 - Effect of acceptance of appointment.
- §560:5-112 - Termination of or change in guardian's or conservator's appointment.
- §560:5-113 - Notice.
- §560:5-114 - Waiver of notice.
- §560:5-115 - Guardian ad litem.
- §560:5-116 - Request for notice; interested persons.
- §560:5-117 - Multiple appointments or nominations.
- §560:5-201 - Appointment and status of guardian.
- §560:5-201 to 560 - 5-212 REPEALED.
- §560:5-202 - Parental appointment of guardian.
- §560:5-203 - Objection by minor or others to parental appointment.
- §560:5-204 - Judicial appointment of guardian; conditions for appointment.
- §560:5-205 - Judicial appointment of guardian; procedure.
- §560:5-206 - Judicial appointment of guardian; priority of minor's nominee; limited guardianship.
- §560:5-207 - Duties of guardian.
- §560:5-208 - Powers of guardian.
- §560:5-209 - Rights and immunities of guardian.
- §560:5-210 - Termination of guardianship; other proceedings after appointment.
- §560:5-301 - Appointment and status of guardian.
- §560:5-301 to 560 - 5-313 REPEALED.
- §560:5-302 - Appointment of guardian by will or other writing.
- §560:5-303 - Appointment of guardian by will or other writing; effectiveness; acceptance; confirmation.
- §560:5-304 - Judicial appointment of guardian; petition.
- §560:5-305 - Judicial appointment of guardian; preliminaries to hearing.
- §560:5-306 - Judicial appointment of guardian; professional evaluation.
- §560:5-307 - Confidentiality of records.
- §560:5-308 - Judicial appointment of guardian; presence and rights at hearing.
- §560:5-309 - Notice.
- §560:5-310 - Who may be guardian; priorities.
- §560:5-311 - Findings; order of appointment.
- §560:5-312 - Emergency guardian.
- §560:5-313 - Temporary substitute guardian.
- §560:5-314 - Duties of guardian.
- §560:5-315 - Powers of guardian.
- §560:5-316 - Rights and immunities of guardian; limitations.
- §560:5-317 - Reports; monitoring of guardianship.
- §560:5-318 - Termination or modification of guardianship.
- §560:5-401 - Protective proceeding.
- §560:5-401 to 560 - 5-432 REPEALED.
- §560:5-402 - Jurisdiction over business affairs of protected person.
- §560:5-403 - Original petition for appointment or protective order.
- §560:5-404 - Notice.
- §560:5-405 - Original petition; minors; preliminaries to hearing.
- §560:5-406 - Original petition; preliminaries to hearing.
- §560:5-407 - Confidentiality of records.
- §560:5-408 - Original petition; procedure at hearing.
- §560:5-409 - Original petition; orders.
- §560:5-410 - Powers of court.
- §560:5-411 - Required court approval.
- §560:5-412 - Protective arrangements and single transactions.
- §560:5-413 - Who may be conservator; priorities.
- §560:5-414 - Petition for order subsequent to appointment.
- §560:5-415 - Bond.
- §560:5-416 - Terms and requirements of bond.
- §560:5-417 - Compensation and expenses.
- §560:5-418 - General duties of conservator.
- §560:5-419 - Inventory; records.
- §560:5-420 - Reports; appointment of kokua kanawai.
- §560:5-421 - Title by appointment.
- §560:5-422 - Protected person's interest inalienable.
- §560:5-423 - Sale, encumbrance, or other transaction involving conflict of interest.
- §560:5-424 - Protection of person dealing with conservator.
- §560:5-425 - Powers of conservator in administration.
- §560:5-426 - Delegation.
- §560:5-427 - Principles of distribution by conservator.
- §560:5-428 - Death of protected person.
- §560:5-429 - Presentation and allowance of claims.
- §560:5-430 - Personal liability of conservator.
- §560:5-431 - Termination of proceedings.
- §560:5-432 - Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceeding.
- §560:5-433 - Foreign conservator; proof of authority; bond; powers.
- §560:5-501 , 502 - REPEALED.
- §560:5-601 - Definitions.
- §560:5-602 - Sterilization of wards.
- §560:5-603 - Initiation of proceeding.
- §560:5-604 - Appointment of guardian ad litem.
- §560:5-605 - Notice.
- §560:5-606 - REPEALED.
- §560:5-606.5 - Reproductive rights advisory list.
- §560:5-607 - Hearing.
- §560:5-608 - Criteria.
- §560:5-609 - Appeals.
- §560:5-610 - REPEALED.
- §560:5-611 - Confidentiality of and access to records.
- §560:5-612 - No liability arising from sterilization; exception.
- §560:6-101 - Definitions.
- §560:6-102 - Ownership as between parties, and others; protection of financial institutions.
- §560:6-103 - Ownership during lifetime.
- §560:6-104 - Right of survivorship.
- §560:6-105 - Effect of written notice to financial institution.
- §560:6-106 - Accounts and transfers nontestamentary.
- §560:6-107 - Rights against multiple-party accounts.
- §560:6-108 - Financial institution protection; payment on signature of one party.
- §560:6-109 - Financial institution protection; payment after death or disability; joint account.
- §560:6-110 - Financial institution protection; payment of payable-on-death account.
- §560:6-111 - Financial institution protection; payment of trust account.
- §560:6-112 - Financial institution protection; discharge.
- §560:6-113 - Financial institution protection; set-off.
- §560:6-201 - Reserved.
- §560:7-101 - Duty to register trusts.
- §560:7-102 - Registration procedures.
- §560:7-103 - Effect of registration.
- §560:7-104 - Effect of failure to register.
- §560:7-105 - Reserved.
- §560:7-106 - Release of registration.
- §560:7-201 - Court; jurisdiction of trusts.
- §560:7-202 - Trust proceedings; venue.
- §560:7-203 - Trust proceedings; dismissal of matters relating to foreign trusts.
- §560:7-204 - Court; concurrent jurisdiction of litigation involving trusts and third parties.
- §560:7-205 - Proceedings for review of employment of agents and review of compensation of trustee and employees of trust.
- §560:7-206 - Trust proceedings; initiation by notice; necessary parties.
- §560:7-301 - General duties not limited.
- §560:7-302 - Trustee's standard of care and performance.
- §560:7-303 - Duty to inform and account to beneficiaries.
- §560:7-304 - Duty to provide bond.
- §560:7-305 - Trustee's duties; appropriate place of administration; deviation.
- §560:7-306 - Personal liability of trustee to third parties.
- §560:7-307 - Limitations on proceedings against trustees after final account.
- §560:7-401 - Powers of trustees.
- §560:7-501 - Trusts for domestic or pet animals.
- §560:8-101 - Time of taking effect; provisions for transition.
- §560:8-102 - Specific repealer and amendments.
- §560:8-201 - Effect and transition.
- §560:8-301 - Effect.
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