Hawaii Supreme Court

Dorinda Hamilton, Petitioner and Respondent/plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. David Hamilton, Petitioner And…

June 30, 2016138 Haw. 185

Summary

The court held that the intermediate appellate court properly vacated the property-division and post-divorce spousal-support awards, but for reasons unrelated to the parties' prior marijuana operation. The family court improperly characterized the inheritance funds and expenditures, ordered an equal distribution of alleged partnership losses before considering equitable deviation, and entered a property division that was not just and equitable. The court upheld the temporary-support and attorney-fee awards and remanded for recalculation of property division and spousal support.