REPORT TITLE:
Probate, Letters


DESCRIPTION:
Probate letters; deletes superfluous and unnecessary language.
(SB2535 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        2535
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PROBATE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 560:3-203, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(c)  A person entitled to letters under subsection (a)(2)
 
 4 to (5)[, and a person aged eighteen and over who would be
 
 5 entitled to letters but for the person's age,] may nominate a
 
 6 qualified person to act as personal representative.  Any person
 
 7 aged eighteen and over may renounce the person's right to
 
 8 nominate or to an appointment by appropriate writing filed with
 
 9 the court.  When two or more persons share a priority, those of
 
10 them who do not renounce [must] shall concur in nominating
 
11 another to act for them, or in applying for appointment."
 
12      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13 New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.