Hawaiʻi Supreme Court &
Intermediate Court of Appeals
The current members of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court are Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald, Justice Paula A. Nakayama, Justice Sabrina S. McKenna, Justice Michael D. Wilson, and Todd W. Eddins (not pictured above).
Hawaiʻi Cases
IMPORTANT NOTE: This non-exhaustive list does not include the vast majority of cases decided on the trial level in Hawaiʻi’s family courts statewide. Keep in mind that only a handful of protective moms have the resources to appeal a case.
Some are brave enough to appeal pro se. Some are lucky enough to retain pro bono legal help. But most are unable to appeal because (1) their evidence was precluded from the trial record due to faulty representation, custody evaluators/GALs/fact finder misconduct, or judicial abuses of discretion; (2) their attorneys have not properly preserved their right to appeal on the trial level, e.g. arguing the existence of domestic violence or child abuse, and objecting to key issues on constitutional grounds; (3) they have already spent their entire savings fighting for the safety of their children; and (4) they suffer PTSD from the post-separation abuses of their ex-spouses’ vexatious litigation in family court.
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This is currently the CONTROLLING LAW in Hawaiʻi.
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1. JR v. IR, 149 Haw. 245, 487 P.3d 714 (Haw. Ct. App. 2021)
See also, JR v. IR 144 Haw. 5, 433 P.3d 663 (Haw. Ct. App. 2019)
2. HM v. BM, 148 Haw. 536, 479 P.3d 154 (Haw. Ct. App. 2021)
3. Beam v. Beam, 130 Haw. 346, 310 P.3d 1047 (Haw. Ct. App. 2010)
See also, Mother’s appellate brief.
4. Doe v. Doe, 120 Haw. 149, 202 P.3d 610 (Haw. Ct. App. 2009)
5. Chee v. Chee, 121 Haw. 30, 211 P.3d 88 (Haw. Ct. App. 2009)
6. State Child Support Enf't Agency v. Roe, 119 Haw. 232, 194 P.3d 1194 (Haw. Ct. App. 2008)
7. Athens v. Athens, 115 Haw. 147, 165 P.3d 1048 (Ct. App. 2007)
8. Egger v. Egger, 112 Haw. 312, 145 P.3d 855 (Haw. Ct. App. 2006)
10. Waite v. Button, 108 Haw. 471, 121 P.3d 936 (Haw. Ct. App. 2005)
NOTE: Hawaiʻi’s custody laws were amended and enacted into law just before this decision, which made parental alienation allegations in these types of cases much more successful. See Amendments to Hawaiʻi’s Laws
11. Holbrook v. Holbrook, 101 Haw. 330, 67 P.3d 829 (Haw. Ct. App. 2003)
12. Doe v. Doe, 98 Haw. 144, 44 P.3d 1085 (Haw. Ct. App. 2002)
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While we cannot access the databases of Hawaiʻi’s family courts to review their cases records, we can post anonymous stories of protective makuahine (mother’s) who have lost custody after reporting domestic violence or intrafamilial child sexual abuse, due to the junk science of parental alienation.
TBA …
