S.B. 483 Summary

• Updates Hawaii's Uniform Probate Code (articles I-IV) with amendments reflecting current law and practice, last updated in 1996

• Adds new parent-child relationship provisions addressing assisted reproduction, gestational carriers, and adoptees; clarifies inheritance rights for children born through assisted reproduction up to 45 months after decedent's death

• Increases inflation-adjusted dollar amounts including spousal elective share from 50% of marital property, homestead allowance from $15,000 to $30,000, exempt property from $10,000 to $20,000, and family allowance from $18,000 to $36,000

• Adds Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act establishing rules for apportioning federal and state estate taxes among beneficiaries based on marriage duration and other factors

• Adjusts probate procedures including reducing publication notice requirements from three to two weeks, modifying publication timeline limitations, and updating personal representative bond and expense provisions; effective date March 22, 2075 for estate tax provisions, immediate for other sections