Husband motion in Hawaii

2025It appears that Husband's motion for reconsideration of the spousal support award alleged a loss of employment that occurred prior to the family court's issuance of the July 16, 2021 Divorce Decree, and the December 13, 2021 Order Denying Husband's Motion for Post-Decree Relief.4 "The purpose of a motion for reconsideration is to allow the parties to present new evidence and/or arguments that could not have been presented during the earlier adjudicated motion." Tagupa v. Tagupa, 108 Hawai‛i 459, 465, 121 P.3d 924, 930 (App. 2005) (cleaned up).

2025See id. ("Reconsideration is not a device to relitigate old matters or to raise arguments or evidence that could and should have been brought during the earlier proceeding.") (citation omitted).

2023See Brutsch, 139 Hawaiʻi at 381, 390 P.3d at 1268 (applying the abuse of discretion standard of review). (b) Savings Bonds Regarding $4,589.12 in savings bonds, Husband contends the family court erred "by failing to credit [him] for fifty percent of the value of the savings bonds cashed out and kept by Wife." (Formatting altered.) The family court denied Husband's claim for a fifty percent credit of the $4,589.12 in savings bonds finding that Wife "testified, credibly, that the Savings Bonds were cashed out and used for their daughter's baby luau party and that [Husband] knew and approved of s

2023Again, we "will not pass upon issues dependent upon credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence." Booth, 90 Hawai‘i at 416, 978 P.2d at 854 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). 10 NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAIʻI REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER The family court did not abuse its discretion by denying Husband's claim for a fifty percent credit of the $13,675.00.

2023See Brutsch, 139 Hawaiʻi at 381, 390 P.3d at 1268 (applying the abuse of discretion standard of review). (b) Savings Bonds Regarding $4,589.12 in savings bonds, Husband contends the family court erred "by failing to credit [him] for fifty percent of the value of the savings bonds cashed out and kept by Wife." (Formatting altered.) The family court denied Husband's claim for a fifty percent credit of the $4,589.12 in savings bonds finding that Wife "testified, credibly, that the Savings Bonds were cashed out and used for their daughter's baby luau party and that [Husband] knew and approved of s

2023See Brutsch, 139 Hawaiʻi at 381, 390 P.3d at 1268 (applying the abuse of discretion standard of review). (b) Savings Bonds Regarding $4,589.12 in savings bonds, Husband contends the family court erred "by failing to credit [him] for fifty percent of the value of the savings bonds cashed out and kept by Wife." (Formatting altered.) The family court denied Husband's claim for a fifty percent credit of the $4,589.12 in savings bonds finding that Wife "testified, credibly, that the Savings Bonds were cashed out and used for their daughter's baby luau party and that [Husband] knew and approved of s

2023See Brutsch, 139 Hawaiʻi at 381, 390 P.3d at 1268 (applying the abuse of discretion standard of review). (b) First Hawaiian Bank Account Husband's final point of error asserts that Wife "drained the [FHB] accounts nine days after separation," and that he "is entitled to a fifty percent credit for the monies she did not share." "It is fundamental to recognize that marital waste is only a chargeable deduction if it occurs during the divorce[.]" Gordon v. Gordon, 135 Hawai‘i 340, 354, 350 P.3d 1008, 1022 (2015).