SMITH v. SMITH

No. 5444.

535 P.2d 1109 (1975)

Albert V. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claire Cassidy SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Crockett, Wailuku, Maui, (Crockett & Crockett, Wailuku, Maui, of counsel) for defendant-appellant.

John T. Vail, Wailuku, Maui, (Ueoka, Vail & Luna, Wailuku, Maui, of counsel) for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C. J., KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and KATO, Circuit Judge, Assigned by Reason of Vacancy.


OGATA, Justice.

This case is an appeal from a decree distributing property entered by the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit sitting as Family Court.

The parties were divorced by a final judgment of the Orange County, California Superior Court (hereinafter California court). The California court which issued the divorce judgment had personal jurisdiction over the parties, both of whom were bona fide California domiciliaries at the time. The divorce judgment...

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