WAKAYAMA v. WAKAYAMA

No. 8981.

673 P.2d 1044 (1983)

Glenn I. WAKAYAMA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jane M. WAKAYAMA, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

December 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy A. Haywood, Wailuku (Richard L. Rost, Wailuku, with him on the briefs), for defendant-appellant.

John T. Vail, Wailuku, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


BURNS, Chief Judge.

In this divorce case the issue is whether the lower court manifestly abused its wide discretion when it awarded to plaintiff-appellee Glenn I. Wakayama (Husband) the residence jointly owned by him and defendant-appellant Jane M. Wakayama (Wife). We answer yes and reverse and remand for a new trial solely to decide the disposition of the residence.

The parties were married on August 17, 1981. Soon thereafter they purchased a vacant lot at...

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