HRS 0281-0092 ANNOTATIONS

L 2004, c 202, §82 provides:

"SECTION 82. Appeals pending in the supreme court as of the effective date of this Act [July 1, 2006] may be transferred to the intermediate appellate court or retained at the supreme court as the chief justice, in the chief justice's sole discretion, directs."

Appeal to circuit court, see HRCP rule 72; appeal to supreme court, see Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Under prior law, decision of circuit judge was final. 40 H. 485.