Missed Questions

Question 1

The elective share concept replaced _____

Answer 1

Dower (wife) and Curtesy (husband). It allows a surviving spouse or surviving reciprocal beneficiary to make a claim ranging from 3% to 50% of the deceased person’s estate that is based on the length of the marriage or period since registration of a reciprocal beneficiary relationship. The maximum that can be claimed, after a relationship of 15 years or more, is 50%.

Question 2

A legal description that states “beginning at the corner of State Street” is what type of description?

Answer 2

Metes & bounds

Question 3

Land in Hawaii is legally described using _____.

Answer 3

metes & bounds

Question 4

True or false, a tax map contains the present owner’s name and tenancy

Answer 4

False. A tax map is not intended to show present owners. It contains the name and tenancy of the owner at the time the map was drawn (i.e., the original owner); easements; abutting parcels; abutting streets; dimensions; and the square footage (written within the boundaries drawn on the map). The parcel number is double underlined in the bottom left; and the developer’s lot number is circled in the upper right corner of the lot.

Question 5

The need for Land Court has increased or decreased?

Answer 5

Decreased. Only fee simple ownership and encumbrances relating to such property may be registered in Land Court. Properties that are held as fee simple, leasehold or a combination of the two are recorded at the Bureau of Conveyances through the Regular System. Because of the length of the process and the advent of title insurance, the need for the Land Court has sharply decreased.

Question 6

Based on Hawaii’s Uniform Probate Code, the range of claims for an elective share is _____.

Answer 6

3 to 50%

Question 7

A recorded plat is now called a _______

Answer 7

file plan