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GRIFFITH v. GRIFFITH

No. 6150.

592 P.2d 826 (1979)

Thomas Edward GRIFFITH, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of Thomas Edward Kalanialii Griffith, v. Noella Puanani GRIFFITH, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Robinson, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

T. Lynne Wasson (Allene K. Richardson and Peter A. Lee, Honolulu, on the brief; Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and KIDWELL, Retired Justice, assigned by reason of vacancy.

KIDWELL, Justice.

Appellant-father initiated proceedings in the district family court to enforce custody rights under a California court order with respect to a child removed to this state from California by appellee-mother. Appellant disputes the correctness of a family court ruling that it had jurisdiction to modify the California custody decree under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, HRS chapter 583. We affirm.

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