Gordon v. Gordon.

Opinion of the Court by

POLLACK, J.

Hawai'i law follows a framework based on partnership principles for the division of marital partnership property during divorce proceedings. This opinion addresses the application of partnership principles and a family court’s discretion to deviate from an equal division of property when there are equitable considerations justifying such deviation. Of central importance in this case is the family court’s duty to provide sufficient documentation of its findings for its division of marital partnership properties so that the parties and reviewing court may…