WHITEHEAD v. WHITEHEAD

No. 4996.

492 P.2d 939 (1972)

Sharon Ann WHITEHEAD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Jay WHITEHEAD, Defendant, and State of Hawaii, Defendant Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

January 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton King, Deputy Atty. Gen., Hawaii, Honolulu (Bertram T. Kanbara, Atty. Gen., with him on the brief), for defendant intervenor-appellant.

Robert Gilbert Johnston, Chief, Civ. Div., Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Honolulu, Andrew Levin, Associate Counsel, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Hilo, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE and LEVINSON, JJ., and Circuit Judge LUM in place of KOBAYASHI, J., disqualified.


MARUMOTO, Justice.

In this opinion, Sharon Ann Whitehead, plaintiff-appellee, will be referred to as plaintiff; John Jay Whitehead, defendant, as defendant; and the State of Hawaii, intervenor-appellant, as the State.

On October 21, 1969, plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce against defendant in the family court of the third circuit on the ground of grievous mental suffering inflicted upon her for more than 60 days. Defendant was served by registered mail...

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