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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           900
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
 
20           of action taken by trustee; (D) termination
 

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

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

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

 
 
 
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 1      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
 2 
 
 3                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________