Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:1-102: Purposes; rule of construction.

(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:

(1) Simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors and incapacitated persons;

(2) Discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;

(3) Promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;

(4) Facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and

(5) Make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.