HRS §554D-812
Getting Trust Property Back and Fixing Past Mistakes
A new trustee must try to get trust property from the old trustee or anyone else who has it, and must try to fix any known past wrongdoing, unless the beneficiaries approve the old actions. Anyone who got a trust payment they weren't entitled to must give it back.
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The statute, as written — Collecting trust property
(a) A trustee shall take reasonable steps to compel a former trustee or other person to deliver trust property to the trustee and to redress a breach of trust known to the trustee to have been committed by a former trustee or other person, unless the beneficiaries consent to, release, or ratify the actions of the former trustee or other person under section 554D-1009. (b) In addition to any other legal or equitable remedies, a person who receives a distribution from a trust shall be liable to return the distribution to the extent that the trustee or a court subsequently determines that the person was not entitled to the distribution.
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