§560:3-705  Duty of personal
representative; information to heirs and devisees.  Not later than thirty
days after the appointment every personal representative, except any special
administrator, shall give information of the personal representative's appointment
to the heirs and devisees, including, if there has been no formal testacy
proceeding and if the personal representative was appointed on the assumption
that the decedent died intestate, the devisees in any will mentioned in the
application for appointment of a personal representative.  The information
shall be delivered or sent by ordinary mail to each of the heirs and devisees
whose address is reasonably available to the personal representative.  The duty
does not extend to require information to persons who have been adjudicated in
a prior formal testacy proceeding to have no interest in the estate.  The
information shall include the name and address of the personal representative,
indicate that it is being sent to persons who have or may have some interest in
the estate being administered, indicate whether bond has been filed, and
describe the court where papers relating to the estate are on file.  The
information shall state that the estate is being administered by the personal
representative under the Hawaii probate code without supervision by the court
but that recipients are entitled to information regarding the administration
from the personal representative and can petition the court in any matter
relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of
administration.  The personal representative's failure to give this information
is a breach of duty to the persons concerned but does not affect the validity
of the personal representative's appointment, powers, or other duties.  A
personal representative may inform other persons of appointment by delivery or
ordinary first class mail. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1]