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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-44

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Employer: means any person having one or more persons in the person's employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

If an employer in good faith pays weekly benefits to a dependent who is inferior in right to another dependent or with whom another dependent is entitled to share, the payment shall discharge the employer, unless and until such other dependent notifies the employer of such other dependent’s claim. In case the employer is in doubt as to the respective rights of rival claimants, the employer may institute proceedings before the director of labor and industrial relations for determination of the proper beneficiary.

Benefits to a person who is insane shall be paid to the person’s guardian.