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IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I ---o0o--VALERIE MONGE PUCKETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFREY R. PUCKETT, Defendant-Appellant NO. 22230 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (FC-D No. 98-1688) NOVEMBER 30, 2000 BURNS, C.J., WATANABE, AND LIM, JJ. OPINION OF THE COURT BY WATANABE, J. In this appeal, Defendant-Appellant Jeffrey R. Puckett (Husband) proffers two reasons why we should: (1) void the

Divorce Decree entered by the Family Court of the First Circuit (the family court) on December 22, 1998 that dissolved his marriage with Plaintiff-Appellee Valerie Monge Puckett (Wife); and (2) nullify all orders entered by the family court in this case. First, he maintains, the family court did not have in

personam jurisdiction over him because he was not properly served with the complaint for divorce. Second, the family court did not

have subject matter jurisdiction over this case because contrary to Hawai#i Revised Statutes (HRS)

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