Hollinrake v. Hollinrake

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

STAINBACK, J.

This case was before this court in Hollinrake v. Hollinrake, 40 Haw. 397, wherein this court held that a foreign decree for alimony is enforceable in the courts of the Territory in equity where a remedy at law is insufficient and inadequate. This decision assumed that the territorial courts are not compellable under the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution of the United States to give such enforcement in equity but that it may as a matter of public policy and on principles of comity establish and enforce such decrees in equity. The decision…