Kakinami v. Kakinami

Opinion of the Court by

DUFFY, J.

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Aaron K.H. Kakinami (Aaron) filed a timely application for a writ of certiorari (Application), urging this court to review the Intermediate Court of Appeal’s (ICA) March 30, 2011 judgment on appeal in support of its February 28, 2011 summary disposition order (SDO), which affirmed the Family Court of the Fifth Circuit’s (family court) October 1, 2007 decree granting absolute divorce. 1

Aaron’s Application presents the following questions:

A. Did the [ICA] commit grave error when it changed the burden of proof for bifurcation in…