Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-5

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contingent beneficiary: Receiver of property or benefits if the first named beneficiary fails to receive any or all of the property or benefits in question before his (her) death.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Individual development account: means an optional, interest bearing, subsidized, tax-benefitted account used exclusively for the purpose of paying the qualified expenditure of an eligible individual as determined by the fiduciary organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

In the event of an account holder’s death, the account may be transferred to the ownership of a contingent beneficiary. An account holder shall name contingent beneficiaries at the time the account is established and may change beneficiaries at any time. If the named beneficiary is deceased or otherwise cannot accept the transfer, the moneys shall be transferred to the individual development account match fund of the fiduciary organization.