Keri Kaitlin Powers Pye v. William Luke Pye

Summary

The Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals dismissed William Luke Pye’s appeal from a Family Court of the First Circuit case. The court found that the appellate record was not prepared because the required filing fees remained unpaid and no order permitting in forma pauperis status had been obtained.

Holdings

1. An appeal may be dismissed when the record on appeal has not been prepared because the appellant failed to pay the required fees or obtain an order allowing the appellant to proceed in forma pauperis; under these circumstances, dismissal was warranted.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the appeal should be dismissed because the record on appeal was not prepared after the appellant failed to pay required filing fees or obtain an order permitting him to proceed in forma pauperis.

Disposition

dismissed