Native Hawaiian heiress faces court test to control millions

Native Hawaiian heiress Abigail Kawananakoa, center, walks into a Honolulu courthouse on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, with her lawyer, David Brustein, right, as her wife, Veronica Worth, left, pushes their Chihuahua in a stroller. A judge says Kawananakoa, 93, doesn’t need a guardian to take care of her but he’s ordering a hearing to determine whether she needs a conservator to manage her $215 million trust. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Native Hawaiian heiress Abigail Kawananakoa poses outside a Honolulu courthouse, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. A judge says Kawananakoa, 93, doesn’t need a guardian to take care of her but he’s ordering a hearing to determine whether she needs a conservator to manage her $215 million trust. Her wealth has been tied up in a legal battle since she suffered a stroke in 2017. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

HONOLULU — A 93-year-old heiress doesn’t need a guardian to take care of her, but a hearing will be held to determine whether she needs a conservator to oversee her $215 million trust, a judge ruled Friday in an ongoing battle over her wealth.

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