§603-21.6 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. [L 1972, c 88, §3(j); am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 161, §34] Rules of Court See Hawaii Probate Rules. Case Notes Cited: 77 H. 251 (App.), 883 P.2d 673 (1994).
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