NO. 26441



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



MITCHELL D. WAITE,
Petitioner-Appellant,


vs.


DIANE BUTTON,
Respondent-Appellee.




CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(FC-UCCJ No. 02-1-0026)




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 November 25, 2005, by the petitioner-appellant Mitchell D. Waite and the memorandum in opposition filed on December 1, 2005, by the respondent-appellee Diane Button, the same is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, December 5, 2005.


Robert M. Harris,
for the petitioner-appellant
Mitchell D. Waite,
on the writ

Charles T. Kleintop,
of Stirling & Kleintop, for
respondent-appellee Diane
Button, on the opposition




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