HRS §560:3-105
Who handles estate matters and what courts can do
People involved in a deceased person's estate can ask the registrar or the court to handle certain matters. The court has the main power to decide how the estate is managed and given out. It can also hear other related cases, like who owns property or if creditors have claims.
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The statute, as written — Proceedings affecting devolution and administration; jurisdiction of subject matter
Persons interested in decedents' estates may apply to the registrar for determination in the informal proceedings provided in this article, and may petition the court for orders in formal proceedings within the court's jurisdiction including but not limited to those described in this article. The court has exclusive jurisdiction of formal proceedings to determine how decedents' estates, subject to the laws of this State, are to be administered, expended, and distributed. The court has concurrent jurisdiction of any other action or proceeding concerning a succession or to which an estate, through a personal representative, may be a party, including actions to determine title to property alleged to belong to the estate, and of any action or proceeding in which property distributed by a personal representative or its value is sought to be subjected to rights of creditors or successors of the decedent.
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