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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:6-103

Ownership during lifetime

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Foo v. Tillerson (2017)

Most recently applied in Foo v. Tillerson (March 2017)

L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; gen ch 1985

(a) A joint account belongs, during the lifetime of all parties, to the parties in proportion to the net contributions by each to the sums on deposit, unless there is clear and convincing evidence of a different intent.

(b) A payable-on-death account belongs to the original payee during the payee's lifetime and not to the payable-on-death payee or payees; if two or more parties are named as original payees, during their lifetimes rights as between them are governed by subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Unless a contrary intent is manifested by the terms of the account or the deposit agreement or there is other clear and convincing evidence of an irrevocable trust, a trust account belongs beneficially to the trustee during the trustee's lifetime, and if two or more parties are named as trustee on the account, during their lifetimes beneficial rights as between them are governed by subsection (a) of this section. If there is an irrevocable trust, the account belongs beneficially to the beneficiary.

Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.