REPORT TITLE:
Probate, Letters


DESCRIPTION:
Probate letters; makes housekeeping amendment.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2535
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 concur in nominating another to act
 
11 for them, or in applying for appointment."
 
12      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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15                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________