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  2. Same-sex marriage in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The following day, Chang stayed his ruling, acknowledging the "legally untenable" position couples would be in should the Hawaii Supreme Court reverse him on appeal. [5] On December 9, 1999, the Hawaii Supreme Court, following the passage of a constitutional amendment empowering the Hawaii State Legislature to limit marriage to opposite-sex ...

  3. Baehr v. Miike - Wikipedia

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    Supreme Court of Hawaii No. 20371: Case history; Prior actions: Baehr v. Lewin, 74 Haw. 530, 852 P.2d 44 (1993), reconsideration and clarification granted in part, 74 Haw. 645, 852 P.2d 74 (1993) Baehr v. Miike, Circuit Court for the First Circuit, Hawaii No. 91-1394: Court membership; Judges sitting

  4. Hawaii state circuit court - Wikipedia

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    The largest and most important of the circuit courts is the First Circuit in Honolulu. The state legislature has created additional statewide courts on paper, but failed to constitute them as actual courts with their own judges, support staff, and courthouses. Instead, judges of the First Circuit serve as the statewide Tax Appeal Court and one ...

  5. State Circuit Court rules in favor of Native Hawaiian midwives

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    A state Circuit Court has ruled in favor of plaintiffs challenging a Hawaii law that prevented traditional midwives from assisting in pregnancies and births without state-issued licenses.

  6. Judiciary of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The primary civil and criminal court in Hawaii is the body known as the Hawaii state circuit courts. They rule all jury trial cases and have exclusive jurisdiction over probate, guardianship and criminal felony cases as well as civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds $25,000. The Hawaii State family courts deal with family law.

  7. Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals - Wikipedia

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    In 1992, the court expanded to one chief judge and three associate judges. [15] In 2001, the court expanded to one chief judge and five associate judges. [16] In 2004, Hawaii changed its appellate procedure so that all appeals from the lower courts and agency decisions would now go directly to the Intermediate Court of Appeals, meaning that ...

  8. Hawaii State family court - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaii State family courts are the family courts in the state court system of Hawaii. They have exclusive jurisdiction [citation needed] over cases involving legal minors, such as juvenile delinquency, status offenses, abuse and neglect, termination of parental rights, adoption, guardianships and detention among others. [1]

  9. Rice v. Cayetano - Wikipedia

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    The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals also denied Rice's claim. [2] For one thing, Rice contended that the legal status of an eligible voter is contingent solely upon race, and that Hawaii's contention that such status is a political designation, rather than a racial one, is an obvious effort to circumvent the Constitution with semantics .