Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Campbell
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 2005No. 24430PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
ACOBA, J.
We hold that (1) the term “interested person” as defined in Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 560:1-201 (Supp.2003) does not include a party interested solely in challenging a closure order in a probate proceeding; 1 (2) a common law presumption of judicial openness accompanies probate proceedings, which may be overcome only upon a showing of strong countervailing reasons that outweigh the public’s presumptive right of access to court proceedings and records; (3) any person, including the media, is entitled to ehal- lenge petitions to close probate proceedings…
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