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HRS §554D-404

Trust purposes must be legal and possible

A trust can only be set up if its goals are legal, not against public policy, and can actually be achieved. The trust and its rules must benefit the people it is meant to help, unless the trust says otherwise.

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The statute, as written — Trust purposes

A trust may be created only to the extent its purposes are lawful, not contrary to public policy, and possible to achieve. A trust and its terms shall be for the benefit of its beneficiaries, subject to the provisions of the trust.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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