Hawaii · Estate & Probate
The Hawaii Wills, Trusts & Estates Guide
Understand Hawaii's unique property rules, will requirements, and trust administration to create a solid estate plan that protects your assets and loved ones.
2026-2027 Edition · Cited to Hawaii law · Plain language
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Cited to the statute · Legal information, not legal advice
Hawaii wills and trusts, explained before and after a death
Valid will rules, handwritten and self-proved wills, intestate succession, living trusts, trustee duties, and incapacity planning.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
An estate plan decides who receives property, who manages it, and who makes decisions if a person cannot. Hawaii has its own rules for each of those choices.
The Hawaii Wills, Trusts & Estates Guide explains estate planning and administration under Hawaii's Uniform Probate Code and Uniform Trust Code. It covers the requirements for a valid will, what happens when there is no will, and how trusts are created, funded, and administered.
Topics include:
• Will requirements: in writing, signed, and witnessed by two people (HRS § 560:2-502)
• Holographic (handwritten) wills and self-proved wills
• Intestate succession when there is no will
• Revocable living trusts, trustee duties, and trust registration
• Durable powers of attorney and advance health care directives
• The elective share, the slayer forfeiture rule, and Hawaii estate tax
The guide follows two viewpoints: the person making a plan, and the executor, trustee, or beneficiary carrying one out after a death. The Toolkit adds checklists, comparison tables, key financial thresholds, a glossary, common mistakes, sample self-proving affidavit language, and questions to ask an attorney.
This guide is for Hawaii residents who want to understand how wills and trusts work before they plan, and for families settling an estate. Legal information, not legal advice.
WHAT’S INSIDE
- The Foundation: Hawaii's Uniform Probate Code
- Your Last Will and Testament in Hawaii
- When There Is No Will: Hawaii Intestate Succession
- Using Trusts in Your Hawaii Estate Plan
- Rights of Executor, Trustee or Beneficiary
- Remedies, Penalties, and Damages
- Step-by-step procedures from each side, with deadlines at a glance
- 24 real-world questions and answers
- Statute index, key court decisions and official forms
- Toolkit: checklists, comparison tables, glossary and common mistakes to avoid
WHY READERS TRUST THIS GUIDE
Plain language. Cited to the statute. Dated so you know it is current.
Every rule is cited to Hawaii law so you can verify it.
Cited, so you can check it
Every rule names the section of Hawaii law it comes from, so you can read the source yourself.
Plain language, no filler
Written to be read start to finish by someone with no legal training, with worked examples.
Dated and updated
Each guide carries a law-current date and new editions ship when the law changes.
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QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BUY
Hawaii will requirements: what to know before you order.
Straight answers about what the guide is, what it covers and how it reaches you.
How many witnesses does a will need in Hawaii?
A standard Hawaii will needs at least two witnesses, who see the signing or the acknowledgment and then sign (HRS § 560:2-502). Notarization is not required for validity but is part of making a will self-proved.
Is a handwritten will valid in Hawaii?
Yes. A holographic will needs no witnesses if the signature and material portions are in the testator's own handwriting (HRS § 560:2-502(b)). The guide explains the challenges these wills can raise.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is legal information in plain language, cited to the law, so you understand your options and know what to ask. Reading it creates no attorney-client relationship.
Is it written for Hawaii?
Yes. This guide is written for Hawaii law and cites the Hawaii statutes and rules it relies on. If your case is in another state, choose that state's edition.
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