(a) The public guardian may receive such reasonable fees for services as public guardian as the court allows.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 551A-5

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
(b) No fees shall be allowed which would unreasonably diminish the ward’s estate so as to endanger the ward’s financial independence, and no fees shall be allowed when the ward’s primary source of support derives from public funds.
(c) Any fees received under this section by the public guardian shall be deposited in the state general fund.
(d) No fees shall accrue to the individual benefit of the public guardian.

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