REPORT TITLE:
Circuit Court Fees


DESCRIPTION:
Removes fee for application for appointment of special
administrator by court order; informal probate or appointment
proceeding under chapter 560; and application under chapter 560
for formal testacy proceedings or for supervised administration.
Adds $100 fee for domiciliary foreign personal representative.
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO FEES.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 607-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)                    PART I
 
 4 Action or proceeding, general:
 
 5      (1)  Civil action or special proceeding, unless another item
 
 6           in this part I applies.............................$200
 
 7      (2)  Appeal to a circuit court..........................$100
 
 8      (3)  Transfer of action to circuit court from district
 
 9           court, in addition to district court fees..........$125
 
10 Trusts:
 
11      (4)  Proceeding for (A) appointment of trustee;
 
12           (B) appointment of successor; (C) resignation
 
13           of trustee; (D) instructions; (E) approval of
 
14           investment; (F) approval of sale, mortgage,
 
15           lease, or other disposition of property; (G)
 
16           approval of compromise of claim, for each
 
17           such matter........................................$100
 
18      (5)  Proceeding for (A) removal of trustee; (B)
 
19           order requiring accounting; (C) invalidation
 

 
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 1           of action taken by trustee; (D) termination
 
 2           of trust, for each such matter.....................$100
 
 3      (6)  Accounting, this fee to be paid for each
 
 4           account filed and to include the settlement
 
 5           of the account......................................$10
 
 6      (7)  Vesting order....................no charge under part I
 
 7      (8)  Allowance of fees of trustees, attorneys, or
 
 8           other fees for services incurred in a
 
 9           proceeding for which a fee has been paid
 
10           under this section...............no charge under part I
 
11     (8a)  Registration of a trust, or release of
 
12           registration, under chapter 560......................$3
 
13      (9)  Any other proceeding relating to a trust............$15
 
14 Guardianship of estate or conservatorship:
 
15     (10)  Proceeding for (A) appointment; (B)
 
16           appointment of successor; (C) resignation;
 
17           (D) instructions, unless included in one of
 
18           the foregoing proceedings; (E), (F), (G)
 
19           approval of any matter listed in (E), (F), or
 
20           (G) of item (4) in relation to a trust, for
 
21           each such matter...................................$100
 
22     (11)  Proceeding of the nature listed in (A), (B),
 
23           (C), or (D) of item (5) in relation to a
 

 
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 1           trust, for each such matter.........................$15
 
 2     (12)  Accounting, same as provided by item (6) in
 
 3           relation to a trust.................................$10
 
 4     (13)  Any other proceeding relating to guardianship of an
 
 5           estate, or a conservatorship.....no charge under part I
 
 6 Probate (decedents' estates).  These fees include all matters of
 
 7 the nature listed in items (4) to (9), without additional charge:
 
 8    [(14)  Application for appointment of special
 
 9           administrator by order of the court, in
 
10           addition to fee prescribed by item (15).............$10
 
11     (15)] (14)  Probate, administration, domiciliary
 
12           foreign personal representative, or ancillary
 
13           administration, this fee to be paid once only
 
14           for each decedent's estate.........................$100
 
15   [(15a)  Informal probate or appointment proceeding
 
16           under chapter 560, this fee to be paid
 
17           instead of the fee prescribed by item (15).........$100
 
18    (15b)  Application under chapter 560 for formal
 
19           testacy proceedings, or for supervised
 
20           administration, this fee to be paid once
 
21           only for each decedent's estate as an
 
22           addition to the fee prescribed by
 
23           item (15a)..........................................$20]
 

 
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 1 Family court cases:
 
 2    [(16)]  (15)  Matrimonial action (annulment,
 
 3            divorce, separation, or separate
 
 4            maintenance)......................................$100
 
 5    [(17)]  (16)  Adoption....................................$100
 
 6    [(18)]  (17)  Guardianship of the person, including
 
 7            all matters of the nature listed in items
 
 8            (4) to (9)........................................$100
 
 9    [(19)]  (18)  Termination of parental
 
10            rights..........................no charge under part I
 
11    [(20)]  (19)  Any other family court proceeding,
 
12            except motions or other pleadings in
 
13            matrimonial, adoption, and guardianship
 
14            actions, but including without limitation
 
15            custody proceedings even if in the form of
 
16            an habeas corpus proceeding........................$15"
 
17      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
18 New statutory material is underscored.
 
19      SECTION 3.  If any provision of this Act, or the application
 
20 thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
 
21 invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the
 
22 Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
 
23 application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are
 

 
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 1 severable.
 
 2      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.