The Supreme Court issued a series of rulings in June that declared it constitutional for the Civil Code and other laws not to allow married couples to maintain separate family names. The rulings were in response to lawsuits and cases that contested the constitutionality of the single-surname rule. Izumi Onji, […]
Year: 2023
Weekend Insights: Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
It’s been relatively quiet this week—and not just at the office. Even my texts from friends and families have slowed down, peppered with the occasional photo of a fruity drink or beachfront. It’s clear that it is officially vacation season in many parts of the world. I think tax professionals, […]
Legal Tech Platform Hello Divorce Raises $2M in Seed Round Funding to Disrupt the Broken Divorce Process
OAKLAND, Calif., July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Hello Divorce, the leading legal tech platform for affordable, less-stressful divorces, today announced a seed investment of $2 million led by disruptive tech investor CEAS, with additional funds coming from Lightbank, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Gaingels, Jack Newton, CEO and Co-Founder of Clio, Lisa […]
Divorce applications rise by nearly a third in wake of new legislation
The number of divorce applications in the State last year rose by nearly a third in the wake of legislation that cut in half the time required for a separation. The Court Service’s annual report shows that 5,266 court applications were made last year, compared with 4,073 in 2019 and […]
Senate Takes Action on Two Judicial Appointments
The Hawai‘i State Senate in their second special session of 2021 took action Thursday on the two pending judicial appointments. The first action that the Senate took was to approve the appointment of Leslie Maloian to the District Family Court of the First Circuit. Earlier in the day, Daniel Gluck […]
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt judge disqualified: Where does custody stand?
The long and winding divorce of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt was thrown into further delay Friday after a California appeals court handed Jolie a major victory by disqualifying the private judge the couple used to handle the split and their contentious custody dispute. The 2nd District Court of Appeal agreed […]