Hawaii Revised Statutes 560:3-720 – Expenses in estate litigation
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 560:3-720
- 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
If any personal representative or person nominated as personal representative, or an heir or beneficiary if a personal representative or person nominated as a personal representative refuses to act, defends or prosecutes any proceeding regarding the validity of a will in good faith, whether successful or not, that person shall be entitled to receive from the estate reasonable costs, expenses, and disbursements, including reasonable attorneys’ fees , regardless of whether counsel has been retained on a contingency fee basis.