HRS §560:3-408
Out-of-state court decisions about a will
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a court in another state makes a final decision about whether a person had a valid will or how to interpret it, and that court found the person lived there when they died, Hawaii courts must accept that decision as final. This applies only if everyone who had an interest got notice and a chance to challenge it.
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The statute, as written — Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction
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.
A final order of a court of another state determining testacy, the validity or construction of a will, made in a proceeding involving notice to and an opportunity for contest by all interested persons must be accepted as determinative by the courts of this State if it includes, or is based upon, a finding that the decedent was domiciled at the decedent's death in the state where the order was made.
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