FRENCH v. FRENCH

No. 26708.

133 P.3d 828 (2006)

110 Hawai`i 399

James Leroy FRENCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mary Lou FRENCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

March 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth C. Melehan, on the briefs, Wailuku, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Samuel P. King, Jr., on the briefs, Honolulu, for Defendant-Appellant.

BURNS, C.J., FOLEY and FUJISE, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by BURNS, C.J.

Defendant-Appellant Mary Lou French (Mary Lou) appeals from the monetary judgments entered in the Family Court of the Second Circuit1 after the commencement of appeal No. 25566 on December 18, 2002 and prior to its stipulated dismissal on July 19, 2004. For the reasons stated herein, we conclude that the monetary judgments are void because the family court did not have jurisdiction to enter them.

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