A.P. v. S.B.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Electronically Filed
Intermediate Court of Appeals
CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
06-NOV-2023
07:56 AM
Dkt. 123 ODSD
NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

A.P., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.
S.B., Defendant-Appellee

APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT
(CASE NO. 3DV20100038K)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
(By: Hiraoka, Presiding Judge, Wadsworth and Guidry, JJ.)
Upon review of the records in CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX and CAAP-
XX-XXXXXXX, it appears that:
(1) On June 23, 2023, Plaintiff-Appellant A.P. (Wife)
filed a notice of appeal from the May 25, 2023 Decree Granting
Absolute Divorce and Awarding Child Custody (Decree) entered by
the Family Court of the Third Circuit, creating CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX.
The Decree was a final, appealable decree, and the notice of
appeal was timely filed. Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 571-54
(2018); Hawai i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 4(a)(1).
(2) On October 16, 2023, Wife filed a notice of appeal
from the October 5, 2023 Amended Decree Granting Absolute Divorce
and Awarding Child Custody (Amended Decree) entered by the Family
Court, creating CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX. The Amended Decree was also a
final, appealable decree, and the notice of appeal was timely
filed. HRS § 571-54; HRAP Rule 4(a)(1).
(3) The Amended Decree substantially amends the Decree
and therefore supersedes it as the operative appealable document.
See Wiesenberg v. Univ. of Hawaii, 138 Hawai i 210, 217, 378 P.3d
926, 933 (2016) (holding that an amended judgment that alters the
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original judgment "in a material and substantial respect" is "the
operative document for purposes of th[e] appeal").
(4) As the notice of appeal in CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX properly
appeals from the operative appealable document, the appeal in
CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX is unnecessary. E.g., Cates v. State,
No. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, 2022 WL 16733710, at *1 (App. Nov. 7, 2022)
(Order) (dismissing appeal from interlocutory order granting
summary judgment as duplicative of and unnecessary to subsequent
appeal from final judgment).
Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal in case
number CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX is dismissed as unnecessary.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions are
dismissed as moot.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the appellate clerk shall
serve a copy of this order on the clerk of the Family Court.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai i, November 6, 2023.

/s/ Keith K. Hiraoka
Presiding Judge

/s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
Associate Judge

/s/ Kimberly T. Guidry
Associate Judge

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