Haw. Rev. Stat. » Haw. Rev. Stat. / Chapter 346
Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346-251 (2026)

]  Presumption of capacity. 

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section HI-LEGcapitol.hawaii.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

     [§346-251]  Presumption of capacity.  An individual shall be presumed capable of making decisions concerning the individual's person.  A determination that an individual lacks capacity under this part shall not be construed as a finding that the individual lacks capacity for any other purpose. [L 1989, c 381, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 144, §1 and c 234, §9]

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Dean v. Dep't of Human Servs. Adult Prot. Servs., 154 Haw. 404 (Haw. App. 2024).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Dean v. Dep't of Human Servs. Adult Prot. Servs., 154 Haw. 404 (Haw. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “The Hearing Officer carefully considered and assessed Client A's testimony, along with the other evidence presented at 3 In conjunction with this argument, Dean also appears to argue that the Hearing Officer ruled Client A "lacked capacity" and ignored the presumption stated in…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.