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HRS §560:3-504

What a supervised estate manager can and cannot do

A supervised estate manager can use all the usual powers without asking the court first, except they cannot give out any estate property without a court order. If the court adds other limits, those limits must be written on the manager's official appointment papers to count against people who deal with the manager in good faith.

courtspersonal representatives

The statute, as written — Supervised administration; powers of personal representative

Unless restricted by the court, a supervised personal representative has, without interim orders approving exercise of a power, all powers of personal representatives under this chapter, but the personal representative shall not exercise the personal representative's power to make any distribution of the estate without prior order of the court. Any other restriction on the power of a personal representative which may be ordered by the court must be endorsed on the personal representative's letters of appointment and, unless so endorsed, is ineffective as to persons dealing in good faith with the personal representative.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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