Section 17-1416-41 - Claim against the estate of a deceased recipient(a) If a recipient dies leaving an estate and does not have a surviving spouse, child, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, stepfather, stepmother, or designated heir, the department may file a claim against the estate for the amount of social service benefits provided the deceased recipient.(b) If a recipient fraudulently received social service benefits because of the recipient's withholding of information, the department may file a claim against the estate of the deceased recipient, notwithstanding subsection (a), for the amount of social service benefits overpaid.Haw. Code R. § 17-1416-41
[Eff 12/5/97] (Auth: HRS §§ 346-14, 346-44) (Imp: HRS S§ 346-37, 346-44)