Romancia v. Roberson

• Court: Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
• Decided: August 14, 2025
• Docket: CAAP-22-0000461
• Status: Published

Opinion

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Electronically Filed Intermediate Court of Appeals CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX 14-AUG-2025 08:08 AM Dkt. 65 ORD

NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

ROSEL ROMANCIA, fka ROSEL LYN ROBERSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JERROLD LEE ROBERSON, Defendant-Appellee, DARRELL W. ROBERSON, Nonparty-Appellant, and SABRINA ROBERSON-ARGEND, Nonparty-Appellee

APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT (CASE NO. 3DV940000189)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL AS MOOT (By: Nakasone, Chief Judge, Leonard and Guidry, JJ.)

Upon review of the record, it appears that:

(1) Self-represented Nonparty-Appellant Darrell W.

Roberson (Roberson) filed this appeal on July 28, 2022;

(2) The appeal was docketed on September 26, 2022;

(3) On November 14, 2023, while this appeal was

pending, a "Stipulation to Dismiss All Claims Against Plaintiff-

Appellee [Rosel Romancia (Romancia)] and [Nonparty-Appellee

Sabrina Roberson-Argend (Argend)] in [Roberson's] Appeal on NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Hearing That Was Held on July 20, 2021" (Stipulation), was filed

with the Family Court of the Third Circuit, in Case No.

3DV940000189,1 in which Roberson, Romancia, and Argend agreed

that all claims between them have been settled;

(4) The Stipulation also provided that the parties

agree to dismiss the appeal in CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, but the parties

did not file a stipulation to dismiss the appeal with this

court, nor did Roberson file a motion to dismiss the appeal with

this court, pursuant to Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule

42(b);

(5) Because the Stipulation provides that all claims

between Roberson, Romancia, and Argend have been settled, it

appears that the court can no longer grant effective relief, and

the appeal is moot. See Cmty. Ass'ns of Hualalai, Inc. v.

Leeward Plan. Comm'n, 150 Hawaiʻi 241, 253, 500 P.3d 426, 438

(2021);

(6) On July 22, 2025, the court issued an Order to

Show Cause (Order) instructing Roberson to file a motion or

stipulation seeking dismissal of the appeal, or a statement

demonstrating why the appeal should not be dismissed as moot,

within fourteen days of the Order, and that failure to timely

respond may result in the dismissal of the appeal;

1 The Honorable Jeffrey W. Ng presided.

2 NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

(7) Roberson did not respond to the Order.

Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is

dismissed as moot.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, August 14, 2025.

/s/ Karen T. Nakasone Chief Judge

/s/ Katherine G. Leonard Associate Judge

/s/ Kimberly T. Guidry Associate Judge