§560:1-102 - Purposes; rule of construction. - Hawaii Statutes

     §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. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1]