(a) If the applicable assets of the estate are insufficient to pay all claims in full, the personal representative shall make payment in the following order:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 560:3-805

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
(1) Costs and expenses of administration;
(2) Reasonable funeral expenses including any claim by the department of human services pursuant to § 346-15;
(3) Debts and taxes with preference under federal law;
(4) Reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last illness of the decedent, including compensation of persons attending the decedent and any claim by the department of human services pursuant to § 346-37 for expenses of the last illness of the decedent;
(5) Debts and taxes with preference under other laws of this State;
(6) Any other claim against the estate pursuant to § 346-37; and
(7) All other claims.
(b) No preference shall be given in the payment of any claim over any other claim of the same class, and a claim due and payable shall not be entitled to a preference over claims not due.

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