Legal Opinion

Bienvenue v. Bienvenue

Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals

Decided June 3, 2003No. 24509PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

BURNS, C.J.

Defendant-Appellant Michael Roger Bien-venue (Michael) appeals from the June 13, 2001 “Decree Granting Absolute Divorce” (Divorce Decree) entered by Judge Darrel Y.C. Choy.

Michael presents the following two points on appeal.

The Court en-ed in not either dismissing the case or limiting the issues given its lack of personal jurisdiction over [Michael] who was not a resident of Hawaii, not sex*ved in Hawaii and lacked sufficient con*61tacts with Hawaii to require him to defend an action so far from his New Jersey home.

The Court abused its discretion in entering…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Linson v. LinsonHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Linson v. LinsonHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Romero v. Star Markets, Ltd.Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. Hanalei, BRC Inc. v. PorterHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. Puckett v. PuckettHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2000

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Balogh v. BaloghHawaii Supreme Court · 2014
  2. Jacoby v. JacobyHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2014
  3. Balogh v. Balogh.Hawaii Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Hsieh v. SunHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2016

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