{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:1-102","heading":"Purposes; rule of construction.","body":"(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.\n\n(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:\n\n(1) Simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors and incapacitated persons;\n\n(2) Discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;\n\n(3) Promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;\n\n(4) Facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and\n\n(5) Make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.","path":["Hawaii Code","Division 3","Title 30A","Chapter 560"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0001-0102.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"95204804ccf3fdb4899858bfd0d1ee39b07d58581d0b28151ded039e807ea5d2","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-539-9","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}