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HRS §554-7

Trustees can ask the court for guidance and approval

This section says a trustee or assignee for creditors can go to circuit court to ask for instructions, get their accounts approved, or be released from their duties. They have the same rights as other fiduciaries under court rules about trusts.

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The statute, as written — Assignee for creditors, instructions, and approval of accounts

A trustee or assignee for creditors has the same right, by application to a circuit court to request and receive instructions or to have the trustee's or assignee's accounts approved or be discharged from the trustee's or assignee's trust, as any other fiduciary, according to the usages and principles of courts of equity concerning trusts.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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