Case Title: Estate of Tsang

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z

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NO. 25082 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS SING SZE TSANG, Deceased. APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT (PROBATE NO. 00-1-0486) ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL (By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.) Upon review of the record, it appears that the May 1, 2002 judgment in P. No. 00-1-0486 (EEH), the Honorable Eden Elizabeth Hifo presiding, is not an appealable final judgment under HRS § 641-1(a) (1993), as it resolves only issues within the claims for relief that Petitioner-Appellee Wei Wei Shi asserted in her December 1, 2000 petition and her related December 6, 2000 claims for (1) exempt property, (2) a homestead allowance, and (3) a family allowance. Furthermore, the May 1, 2002 judgment is not certified for appeal pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Hawai#i Rules of Civil Procedure (HRCP). See HRCP Rule 58; Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, 76 Hawai#i 115, 119, 869 P.2d 1334, 1338 (1994) (“[A]n appeal from any judgment will be dismissed as premature if the judgment does not, on its face, either resolve all claims against all parties or contain 2 the finding necessary for certification under HRCP 54(b).”). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, December 12, 2002.