§603-21.6  Probate.  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).