§560:2-208 - Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application. - Hawaii Statutes

     §560:2-208  Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application.  (a)  Exclusions:

     (1)  The value of any property is excluded from the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others:

         (A)  To the extent the decedent received adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth for a transfer of the property; or

         (B)  If the property was transferred with the written joinder of, or if the transfer was consented to in writing by, the surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary.

     (2)  The augmented estate shall not include the value of any property that either:

         (A)  Is held in a trust created and funded by any party other than the decedent, the surviving spouse, or the reciprocal beneficiary; or

         (B)  Was received by either spouse during marriage or either reciprocal beneficiary during a reciprocal beneficiary relationship, by gift, devise, inheritance or distribution from a trust created and funded by any party other than the decedent, the surviving spouse, or the reciprocal beneficiary; provided that such property was kept segregated from property includible in the augmented estate.

     (b)  Valuation.  The value of property:

     (1)  Included in the augmented estate under section 560:2-205, 560:2-206, or 560:2-207 is reduced in each category by enforceable claims against the included property; and

     (2)  Includes the commuted value of any present or future interest and the commuted value of amounts payable under any trust, life insurance settlement option, annuity contract, public or private pension, disability compensation, death benefit or retirement plan, or any similar arrangement, exclusive of the federal social security system.

     (c)  Overlapping application; no double inclusion.  In case of overlapping application to the same property of the paragraphs or subparagraphs of section 560:2-205, 560:2-206, or 560:2-207, the property is included in the augmented estate under the provision yielding the greatest value, and under only one overlapping provision if they all yield the same value. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1; am L 1997, c 383, §13]