Hawaii Panel Finds Special Administrator Necessary In Administration Of Estate

(March 24, 2020, 2:57 PM EDT) -- HONOLULU — A special administrator should be appointed to administer a potential claim against the personal representative of a decedent’s estate who may have negligently advised the decedent in planning her estate because the personal representative’s self-interest creates a conflict with his fiduciary duties to the estate, a Hawaii appellate panel ruled March 20, reversing and remanding (Estate of Joanna Lau Sullivan, No. CAAP-17-0000826, Hawaii App., 2020 Haw. App. LEXIS 108)....

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