Bullard v. Bullard

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BURNS, C.J.

This case involves the Hawaii Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (HUCCJA), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 583 (1976). Defendant-father appeals the lower court’s custody award of their son Andrew to plaintiff-mother. We generally affirm but partially reverse.

Father joined the United States Air Force in 1962. He and mother were married on July 16,1965. Their son Timothy was born on April 28, 1966, and their son Andrew was born on February 5) 1969. In 1972 the family moved to Hawaii. On May 16,1975, father and mother physically separated but both…