HRS §553A-3
How to name a custodian for a minor's future property
This section lets a person who can choose who gets property later name a custodian to hold it for a minor. The naming must use specific words and can include backup custodians. The custodian only takes control when the property actually transfers.
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The statute, as written — Nomination of custodian
(a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ____________________ (name of minor) under the Hawaii Uniform Transfers to Minors Act." The nomination may name one or more persons as substitute custodians to whom the property must be transferred, in the order named, if the first nominated custodian dies before the transfer or is unable, declines, or is ineligible to serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, an instrument exercising a power of appointment, or in a writing designating a beneficiary of contractual rights which is registered with or delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor of the contractual rights. (b) A custodian nominated under this section must be a person to whom a transfer of property of that kind may be made under section 553A-9(a). (c) The nomination of a custodian under this section does not create custodial property until the nominating instrument becomes irrevocable or a transfer to the nominated custodian is completed under section 553A-9. Unless the nomination of a custodian has been revoked, upon the occurrence of the future event the custodianship becomes effective and the custodian shall enforce a transfer of the custodial property pursuant to section 553A-9.
Sections this one refers to
§553A-9 How to Create Custodial Property and Name a Custodian
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