§560:3-202 - Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state. - Hawaii Statutes

     §560:3-202  Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state.  If conflicting claims as to the domicile of a decedent are made in a formal testacy or appointment proceeding commenced in this State, and in a testacy or appointment proceeding after notice pending at the same time in another state, the court of this State must stay, dismiss, or permit suitable amendment in, the proceeding here unless it is determined that the local proceeding was commenced before the proceeding elsewhere.  The determination of domicile in the proceeding first commenced must be accepted as determinative in the proceeding in this State. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1]