HRS §560:3-704
Personal representative acts without court orders
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The person in charge of a deceased person's estate must handle it quickly and without asking the court for permission, unless a judge says otherwise. They can still ask the court to help with questions about the estate. This section is about how the estate manager works.
personal representatives
The statute, as written — Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception
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 personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent's estate and, except as otherwise specified or ordered in regard to a supervised personal representative, do so without adjudication, order, or direction of the court, but the personal representative may invoke the jurisdiction of the court, in proceedings authorized by this chapter, to resolve questions concerning the estate or its administration.
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