MURRAY v. MURRAY

No. 5788.

587 P.2d 1220 (1978)

Edmund Stiles MURRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lorraine MURRAY, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen B. Ryan, Honolulu (Ryan & Ryan, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Philip D. Bogetto, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


KIDWELL, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the family court finding appellant in contempt and ordering his confinement for failure to pay alimony. There was no finding that appellant was able to pay the sum required to avoid confinement. We vacate the order and remand.

By a decree of absolute divorce, appellant was ordered to pay appellee, his former wife, alimony of $300 per month. Subsequently, appellant obtained an order to show cause why the alimony...

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