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Rule 54 – Judgment; Costs

May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Hawaii

(a) Definition; form.

“Judgment” as used in these rules includes a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. A judgment shall not contain a recital of pleadings, the report of a master, or the record of prior proceedings.

(b) Reserved.
(c) Demand for judgment. A judgment by default shall not be different in kind from or exceed in amount that which was prayed for in the demand for judgment. Except as to a party against whom a judgment is entered by default, every final judgment shall grant the relief to which the party in whose favor it is rendered is entitled, even if the party has not demanded such relief in the party’s pleadings.
(d) Costs. Costs shall be allowed where expressly provided by statute, stipulation, agreement or these rules.
(e) Effective date. All judgments and orders shall take effect upon the signing and filing thereof unless otherwise ordered.

Haw. Fam. Ct. R. 54

Amended July 1, 1982, effective July 1, 1982; further amended October 1, 1999, effective January 1, 2000; amended November 20, 2014, effective January 1, 2015.