Krystoff v. KALAMA LAND CO., LTD.

WATANABE, Judge.

The major issue 1 raised in this appeal from a declaratory judgment action brought by Plaintiffs-Appellants Richard M. Krystoff and Mayumi L. Krystoff (collectively, the Krystoffs), proceeding pro se, is whether Defendant-Appellee Kalama Land Co., Ltd. (Kalama) was entitled to enforce a lease rent arbitration award even though it failed to confirm the award in court within one year of the date of award, as permitted by Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 658-8 (1993).

We agree with the First Circuit Court (circuit court) that the arbitration award was enforceable. Accordingly, we…