A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:2-517
Penalty clause for contest
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Jenifer Duncan v. Olga Rawls (2018)
Most recently applied in Jenifer Duncan v. Olga Rawls (March 2018)
L 1996, c 288, pt of §1
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.