NO. 25354



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




PATRICIA LEE HIGASHI,
Plaintiff-Appellee-Petitioner


vs.


RICHARD S. HIGASHI,
Defendant-Appellant-Respondent.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(FC-D NO. 01-1-0498)



ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Levinson, J., for the court (1))

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on January 3, 2005, by the plaintiff-appellee-petitioner Patricia Lee Higashi, the same is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, January 13, 2005.



Diane L. Ho,
for plaintiff-appellee-petitioner
Patricia Lee Higashi
on the application

Georgia K. McMillen,
for defendant-appellant-respondent
Richard S. Higashio
n the respondent's brief



1.      Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.