Employee Management v. Aloha Group Limited CA2/2

BACKGROUND

On February 15, 1996, the Circuit Court of the First Circuit of the State of Hawaii (the Hawaii Circuit Court) entered a money judgment (the Hawaii judgment) against defendants and in favor of plaintiff and respondent Employee Management Corporation (plaintiff). Plaintiff obtained a judgment against defendants in California on March 22, 1996 (the 1996 judgment) by filing an application under section 1710.15 for entry of judgment based on the Hawaii judgment. Plaintiff did not serve defendants with notice of entry of the 1996 judgment. On December 23, 1997, the Hawaii Circuit Court entered an amended final judgment against defendants, nunc pro tunc as of February 15, 1996. On June 13, 2005, plaintiff filed an application for renewal of the 1996 judgment and obtained a renewal extending enforceability of that judgment for an additional 10 years. On November 30, 2005, plaintiff obtained from the Hawaii Circuit Court an order extending the Hawaii judgment for an additional 10-year period, to February 15, 2016. In May 2012, plaintiff sought to enforce the 1996 judgment in California by filing an application and order for a judgment debtor examination of defendant Mars. In…