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2020 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 28. Property
510. Community Property
510-24 Perfection of title of surviving spouse.
Universal Citation: HI Rev Stat § 510-24 (2020)
§510-24 Perfection of title of surviving spouse. If the title to any property to which this part applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the circuit court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative or the heirs or devisees of the decedent with the approval of the circuit court. Neither the personal representative nor the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered has a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is property to which this part applies, unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse or the spouse's successor in interest. [L 1973, c 132, pt of §1]
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