Boulton v. Boulton

730 P.2d 338 (1986)

Cynthia Blaney BOULTON, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

James Ferrier BOULTON, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 11001.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 23, 1986.

William J. Eggers, III, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

Edward F. Mason, Wailuku, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.

LUM, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of a divorce action by the family court, which ruled, pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes ("HRS") § 580-56(d) (1976), that it was divested of jurisdiction to make a property division where the parties were…