HRS §560:3-503
How supervised administration affects other court actions
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗When someone asks the court to supervise how a deceased person's estate is handled, it pauses any informal requests already made or filed later. If a will was already approved informally, the new request follows the rules for formal will approval. The person managing the estate cannot give out property once they learn of the request, unless the court says otherwise.
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The statute, as written — Supervised administration; effect on other proceedings
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) The pendency of a proceeding for supervised administration of a decedent's estate stays action on any informal application then pending or thereafter filed. (b) If a will has been previously probated in informal proceedings, the effect of the filing of a petition for supervised administration is as provided for formal testacy proceedings by section 560:3-401. (c) After the personal representative has received notice of the filing of a petition for supervised administration, a personal representative who has been appointed previously shall not exercise the personal representative's power to distribute any estate. The filing of the petition does not affect the personal representative's other powers and duties unless the court restricts the exercise of any of them pending full hearing on the petition.
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