The several circuit courts shall have power to:
- (1) Grant probate of wills;
- (2) Appoint personal representatives;
- (3) Determine the heirs at law or devisees of deceased persons and to decree the distribution of decedents' estates;
- (4) Appoint guardians for incapacitated adults;
- (5) Appoint conservators;
- (6) Compel personal representatives and such guardians and conservators to perform their respective trusts and to account in all respects for the discharge of their official duties;
- (7) Remove any personal representative or any such guardian or conservator; and
- (8) Do all other things as provided in chapter 560.
[L 1972, c 88, §3(j); am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 161, §34]
Rules of Court
See Hawaii Probate Rules.
Case Notes
Cited: 77 H. 251 (App.), 883 P.2d 673 (1994).