HRS §560:3-909
Liability for Improper Distribution
This section says that if someone gets property or money from an estate that should not have been given to them, they may have to give it back. If they no longer have it, they must pay its value plus any income or gain they got from it. This applies unless the distribution is already final.
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The statute, as written — Improper distribution; liability of distributee
Unless the distribution or payment no longer can be questioned because of adjudication, estoppel, or limitation, a distributee of property improperly distributed or paid, or a claimant who was improperly paid, is liable to return the property improperly received and its income since distribution if the distributee or claimant has the property. If the distributee or claimant does not have the property, then the distributee or claimant is liable to return the value as of the date of disposition of the property improperly received and its income and gain received by that person.
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