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HRS §560:3-410

When multiple wills can be approved in a probate case

In a formal probate case, the court can approve more than one will if they do not cancel each other. The court's order will say which parts control, especially about who is the executor. After the case is final, no other will can be considered unless the order is changed.

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The statute, as written — Formal testacy proceedings; probate of more than one instrument

If two or more instruments are offered for probate before a final order is entered in a formal testacy proceeding, more than one instrument may be probated if neither expressly revokes the other or contains provisions which work a total revocation by implication. If more than one instrument is probated, the order shall indicate what provisions control in respect to the nomination of an executor, if any. The order may, but need not, indicate how any provisions of a particular instrument are affected by the other instrument. After a final order in a testacy proceeding has been entered, no petition for probate of any other instrument of the decedent may be entertained, except incident to a petition to vacate or modify a previous probate order and subject to the time limits of section 560:3-412.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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