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Widow seeks contested-case hearing after DHHL successor letter; commission to consider request next month
Summary
Diana Lokelani Kama asked the commission for a contested-case hearing after a DHHL letter said she did not qualify as successor on her late husband's homestead lease. Commissioners instructed staff to administratively place her request for commission action next month.
Diana Lokelani Kama told the Hawaiian Homes Commission she is seeking a contested‑case hearing after a DHHL West Hawaiʻi office letter concluded she did not qualify as successor to her late husband’s homestead lease because the couple had divorced before his death.
“I’m here today pleading to you because my husband waited 45 years to get awarded this home,” said Diana Lokelani Kama, describing that her late…
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