Free Hawaii forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
In Hawaii, a will is signed before 2HRS § 560:2-502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyHRS § 560:2-502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
Hawaii allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2HRS § 327E-16Verified Oct 15, 2026View source witnesses or a notary.
Hawaii treats a power of attorney as durable by defaultHRS § 551E-3, § 551E-5, § 551E-9, § 551E-15, § 551E-16, § 551E-31, § 551E-47, § 551E-51 (L 2014, c 22); HRS § 502-84, § 501-174 (recording)Verified Sep 18, 2026View source, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirementHRS § 551E-3, § 551E-5, § 551E-9, § 551E-15, § 551E-16, § 551E-31, § 551E-47, § 551E-51 (L 2014, c 22); HRS § 502-84, § 501-174 (recording)Verified Oct 21, 2026View source.
In Hawaii, a pour-over will is signed before 2HRS § 560:2-502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
In Hawaii, a transfer on death deed is signed before a notaryHRS 527-1 to 527-17Verified Oct 18, 2026View source, then recorded with the county before the owner's deathHRS 527-1 to 527-17Verified Oct 18, 2026View source. Hawaii does not recognize a Lady Bird deed.
Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Hawaii: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.
In Hawaii, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 2.3%Modeled estimate under HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.6%Modeled estimate under HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.
Probate in Hawaii takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2.3%Modeled estimate under HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.6%Modeled estimate under HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.
An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Hawaii runs $3,900Estimate: 10 hours at $390, Clio's Hawaii Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $5,850Estimate: 15 hours at $390, Clio's Hawaii Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source and a simple will $1,218Estimate: 3 hours at $406, Clio's Hawaii Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $2,436Estimate: 6 hours at $406, Clio's Hawaii Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Hawaii costs an estimated $28,206HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Attorney fees run 2.3%Modeled estimate under HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.6%Modeled estimate under HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.
Hawaii automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorceHRS § 560:2-804Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Hawaii costs an estimated $28,206HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2.3%Modeled estimate under HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 3.6%Modeled estimate under HRS § 560:3-721 (court reviews attorney compensation for reasonableness; no statutory fee schedule): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate. Estates under $100,000HRS § 560:3-1201Verified Sep 8, 2026View source can use a small-estate procedure instead.
68 estate planning firms in Hawaii, by county and firm type.
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FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves all Hawaii islands from Honolulu, handling proceedings in Honolulu and in Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui counties. Limited to probate and ancillary probate: petitions for appointment of a personal representative, estate administration, and closing of estates, at flat fees. Offers a free consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves Oahu from Honolulu and visits clients on the Big Island and Maui, including home visits. Prepares revocable living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and health care directives, and provides Medicaid planning to preserve future eligibility; the firm states its goal of an organized trust and estate settlement for families. It reports assisting more than 2,000 Hawaii residents since 2010.
PracticesEstate PlanningElder LawMedicaid Planning
FirmLihue, HI
Kauai office of a Honolulu-based firm, located on Pahe'e Street in Lihue. Its Trusts & Estates practice handles trust administration and probate and guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Kauai partner Michael D. Scarbo, a Kauai resident since 2003, practices primarily in estate planning and real estate.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
FirmHilo, HI
Serves the Island of Hawaii from Hilo. Handles probate and trust administration through the court, transfer of assets at death, and collection of non-probate assets, and assists out-of-state estates with Hawaii probate and distribution of property. The firm traces its practice to 1969.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
FirmKahului, HI
Serves Maui from Kahului. Handles probate administration, small estate administration, trust administration, and ancillary probate and acknowledgement-of-authority filings for Mainland families who lose a relative owning Hawaii property, along with Hawaii deed preparation and recording. Attorney Gloria Navarro Buckingham is licensed in Hawaii and California.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves Oahu from the Kaimuki neighborhood of Honolulu. The firm advises individual and corporate personal representatives and trustees on probate and trust administration, including accounting, fiduciary duties, and fiduciary income and estate tax returns; files conservatorships and guardianships; and handles trust litigation such as trust reformation, breach of fiduciary duty, and will and trust contests. The practice dates to 1975.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationConservatorship
FirmWailuku, HI
Serves Maui from Wailuku. Handles probate administration and trust administration - filing the will and probate documents, inventorying and appraising assets, notifying and paying creditors, filing federal and Hawaii tax returns, and making distributions - as well as conservatorships and guardianships. Estate planning is billed on a flat-fee basis.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves all Hawaiian islands from offices in Honolulu and Hilo, with a probate department that handles cases statewide. Handles ordinary probate (informal and formal), expedited ancillary probate for estates opened in another state or country, and affidavits for collecting small estates of personal property. The firm also practices Medicaid and elder law, and its probate page publishes typical cost and timeline estimates.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning
FirmWaimea, HI
Serves Hawaii Island from offices in Kamuela (Waimea) and Kailua-Kona. Represents clients in contested probate proceedings and trust disputes, including disagreements with trustees and beneficiaries over administration of a loved one's trust or estate. A family firm whose practice also covers personal injury, family, and real estate litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTrust Litigation
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves Oahu from downtown Honolulu and does business as Hawaii Convey. The firm opens informal and formal probates, special administrations, ancillary probates, and acknowledgments of authority for out-of-state personal representatives, prepares documents for trust and estate administration and trust distributions, and files adverse trust petitions to instruct or remove trustees. Real estate conveyancing is a core part of the practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
Solo PracticeHilo, HI
Serves Hawaii County from Hilo, with remote appointments on request. Handles probate from filing through Letters and final distribution, ongoing and post-death trust administration including court accountings, and conservatorship and guardianship cases, with limited-scope representation available in some matters. Karly Aoki began her career in a bank trust department and volunteers at the Hilo Self-Help Center.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves clients from a Honolulu office on Bethel Street. Represents executors, trustees, beneficiaries, and heirs in estate and trust administration, including probate, ancillary probate of foreign wills, heirship proceedings, creditor claims, accountings, estate tax returns, and contested trust matters. The founding partner is a Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor with 30 years in trusts, estates, and tax work.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateSpecial Needs Planningand 2 more
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Island from downtown Honolulu. Guides personal representatives through probate filings, creditor payments, and distributions, handles small estate procedures, and advises trustees on fiduciary duties, asset management, and distribution in trust administration. Practicing in Hawaii for over 35 years.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
Solo PracticeKihei, HI
Serves Maui from Kihei, with clients in Hawaii and California. Roya Deyhim guides successor trustees through trust administration, including inventories, tax returns, and distribution to beneficiaries, and assists personal representatives in probate with asset gathering, estate tax analysis, and collection of death benefits. She founded the office in 2012 after practicing as a litigator in California.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationCharitable Planning
FirmLihue, HI
Serves Kauai from Ulu Maika Street in Lihue. A two-attorney office: Mia R. Shiraishi, admitted in Hawaii in 2014, is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association Probate & Estate Planning section, and Sherman T. Shiraishi has been admitted in Hawaii since 1979.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
Solo PracticeKailua-Kona, HI
Serves the Big Island from Kailua-Kona. Handles trust and probate administration, including identifying assets, paying valid debts and taxes, and distributing to beneficiaries, as well as guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and prepares will and trust packages. The attorney is fluent in Japanese and makes home, hospice, and hospital visits in emergencies.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves Oahu from Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu and meets clients at homes, nursing homes, and hospitals. Stephen S. Choi assists trustees and personal representatives with administering trusts and probate estates, from inventorying assets and preparing accountings to paying creditor claims and distributing to beneficiaries. Initial consultations are free, at the office or the client's residence.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protection
Solo PracticeHonolulu, HI
Serves Oahu from the Central Plaza Building on South Beretania Street in Honolulu. Handles probate administration, advises trustees on trust administration and fiduciary duties, and handles conservatorship and guardianship appointments. Offers home visits and a free consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship
FirmHonolulu, HI
Serves Hawaii families from offices in Honolulu, Wailuku, and Hilo. Guides personal representatives and trustees through probate and trust administration, including asset management, tax filings, and communication with beneficiaries, and also handles estate planning and special needs planning. Co-founded by two certified public accountants turned attorneys, the firm holds free trust administration seminars on Maui and the Big Island.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning
FirmWailuku, HI
Serves Maui County from Wailuku. Associate attorney Eyke BrathHurdman handles informal and ancillary probate and conservatorships and guardianships on a non-litigation basis, along with simple estate planning and deeds into trusts. The firm's main practice is family law and criminal defense.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipGuardianship