If a deceased loved one chose you to be the executor (personal representative) of their estate, they tasked you with critical responsibilities. Those include seeing that their assets are distributed to beneficiaries as they detailed in their will and perhaps other...
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PROBATE & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION – Estate Administration
How are assets divided if a Hawaii resident dies without a will?
Creating an estate plan – at least a will – is crucial to ensuring that you have a say in how your assets will be distributed after you’re gone. It also makes things easier on your loved ones because they may have to deal with a lengthy probate process if there’s no...
Notifying creditors about upcoming probate proceedings
A personal representative or executor may agree to oversee estate administration while a testator is living and planning their estate. Other times, the probate courts appoint an individual to manage estate administration after an individual dies, because there is no...
Estate administrators are fiduciaries… so?
Being a fiduciary as an estate administrator means taking on a legal and ethical obligation to act in the best interests of an estate and its beneficiaries. A fiduciary duty is one of the highest standards of care under the law, and estate administrators must manage...

