HRS §560:3-304
Informal probate not available for certain will series
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if someone left a series of related will documents, and the newest one does not clearly cancel the older ones, you cannot use the quick informal probate process. You must use the formal court process instead.
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The statute, as written — Informal probate; unavailable in certain cases
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Applications for informal probate which relate to one or more of a known series of testamentary instruments (other than a will and one or more codicils thereto), the latest of which does not expressly revoke the earlier, shall be declined.
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