HRS §603-21.6
What the circuit court can do in probate cases
This section gives the circuit courts the power to handle probate matters. They can approve wills, appoint people to manage estates, decide who inherits, and appoint guardians or conservators for adults who need help. The court can also make these people do their jobs and remove them if needed.
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The statute, as written — Probate
The several circuit courts shall have power to: (1) Grant probate of wills; (2) Appoint personal representatives; (3) Determine the heirs at law or devisees of deceased persons and to decree the distribution of decedents' estates; (4) Appoint guardians for incapacitated adults; (5) Appoint conservators; (6) Compel personal representatives and such guardians and conservators to perform their respective trusts and to account in all respects for the discharge of their official duties; (7) Remove any personal representative or any such guardian or conservator; and (8) Do all other things as provided in chapter 560.
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