Title 29, Decedents' Estates

§532-1 Issue includes whom. The word "issue," as used in this chapter, includes all the lawful lineal descendants of the ancestor. [CC 1859, §1462; RL 1925, §3304; RL 1935, §4812; RL 1945, §12072; RL 1955, §318-1; HRS §532-1]

§532-10 Advancements; effect of. If an advancement has been made by an intestate to any of his children by settlement or portion of real or personal estate, or both, the value thereof shall be reckoned for the purposes of this section only, as part of the real and personal estate…

§532-11 Advancement; valuation of. The value of any real or personal estate so advanced, shall be deemed to be that, if any, which was acknowledged by the child by an instrument in writing; otherwise, the value shall be estimated according to the worth of the property when given.…

§532-12 What not advancements. The maintaining or educating, or the giving money to a child, without a view to a portion or settlement in life, shall not be deemed an advancement. [CC 1859, §1460; RL 1925, §3313; RL 1935, §4821; RL 1945, §12081; RL 1955, §318-12; HRS §532-12]

§532-13 Procedure if partition undesirable. When any part of the property left by the intestate consists of real estate, and the same is to be divided among several children, and in the opinion of the probate court it is desirable that the real estate or any particular piece ther…

§532-14 Disposition by State. If the intestate leaves no kindred, the intestate's estate shall be disposed of as provided in chapter 523A. [CC 1859, §1451; RL 1925, §3315; RL 1935, §4823; RL 1945, §12083; RL 1955, §318-14; HRS §532-14; am L 1974, c 75, §6; am L 1985, c 68, §25]

§532-2 To heirs. Whenever any person dies intestate, his property, both real and personal, of every kind and description, shall descend to and be divided among his heirs, as in this chapter prescribed; provided that upon the death, testate or intestate, of any occupier or lessee …

§532-3 Actual possession not requisite. It shall not be requisite that the intestate shall have been in actual possession of the property; it is sufficient if he had a good claim to it at the time of his death. [CC 1859, §1461; RL 1925, §3303; RL 1935, §4811; RL 1945, §12071; RL …

§532-4 General rules of descent. (a) Issue, lineal descendants. The property shall be divided equally among the intestate's children, and the issue of any deceased child by right of representation, and if there is no child of the intestate living at his death, his estate shall de…

§532-5 From unmarried minor child. If the intestate dies leaving several children, or leaving one child, and the issue of one or more others, and any surviving child dies under age not having been married, all the estate that came to the deceased child by inheritance from the dec…

§532-6 To child born to parents not married to each other. Every child born to parents not married to each other at the time of the child's birth and for whom the parent-child relationship has not been established pursuant to chapter 584A shall be considered as an heir to the chi…

§532-7 From persons born to parents not married to each other. If any person born to parents not married to each other dies intestate, without leaving lawful issue, or a spouse, the decedent's estate shall descend to the decedent's mother; but if the decedent leaves a spouse, the…

§532-8 Kindred of half blood. The kindred of the half blood shall inherit equally with those of the whole blood in the same degree; provided that where the inheritance came to the intestate by descent, devise, or gift, of some one of his ancestors, all those who are not of the bl…

§532-9 Posthumous children. Posthumous children shall, in all cases, inherit the same as if they had been born during their father's lifetime. [CC 1859, §1456; RL 1925, §3310; RL 1935, §4818; RL 1945, §12078; RL 1955, §318-9; HRS §532-9]