Reed Kimokeo Tatsuo Kawahakui v. Ashley Jean Kawahakui

Pueblo, Colorado family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action.



In 2023, husband petitioned the court to dissolve the parties'

twelve-year marriage, and wife responded by filing a waiver and

acceptance of service. After the parties appeared at the initial

status conference, nothing happened in the case for the next six

weeks. The court issued a delay prevention order and directed the

parties to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for

failure to prosecute. In response, husband filed a sworn financial

statement and certified that he had sent wife his financial

disclosures. He also filed a proposed parenting plan for their child,

a proposed allocation of the marital assets, and calculations for the

maintenance and child support obligations. Wife did not respond.





The court then scheduled the permanent orders hearing. At

the hearing, which occurred about seven weeks later, husband

appeared; wife did not. Husband testified, and the court later

dissolved the marriage and entered permanent orders. In doing so,

the court divided the marital assets, allocated parental

responsibilities, determined child support, and declined to award

maintenance to either party.



Wife contends that the district court violated her

constitutional right to due process by not giving her sufficient

notice of the permanent orders hearing.



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Affirmed