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*** FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAII REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** <br /> and removing this court' s ability to order an effective remedy. <br /> "This court has stated that ` [a] case is moot if it has lost its <br /> character as a present, live controversy of the kind that must <br /> exist if courts are to avoid advisory opinions on abstract <br /> propositions of law. '" In re Marn Family, 141 Hawaii 1, 7, 403 <br /> P. 3d 621, 627 (2016) (quoting Ala Loop Homeowners, 123 Hawaii at <br /> 405, 235 P . 3d at 1117) . In other words, "a `case is moot if the <br /> reviewing court can no longer grant effective relief. '" Id. <br /> (quoting Ala Loop Homeowners, 123 Hawaii at 405, 235 P. 3d at <br /> 1117) . <br /> Appellees' withdrawal of Special Permit Application <br /> No . SPP-16-188 does not render this case moot because, as in <br /> Kona Old Haw. Trail Grp. v. Lyman, 69 Haw. 81, 734 P. 2d 161 <br /> (1987) , Hualalai' s appeal presents a "live controversy" and this <br /> court is able to "grant effective relief . " In re Marn Family, <br /> 141 Hawaii at 7, 403 P. 3d at 627 (internal citations and <br /> quotation marks omitted) . In Kona Old, an association of Kona <br /> residents ("Kona Old") appealed the Planning Director' s issuance <br /> of a special management area minor use permit to the circuit <br /> court under HRS § 91-14 (a) . 15 69 Haw. at 84-89, 734 P. 2d at 163- <br /> 15 HRS § 91-14 (a) states, in relevant part, "Any person aggrieved by <br /> a final decision and order in a contested case or by a preliminary ruling of <br /> the nature that deferral of review pending entry of a subsequent final <br /> decision would deprive appellant of adequate relief is entitled to judicial <br /> review thereof under this chapter[ . ] " <br /> 22 <br />