DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. MONTERO

No. 12361.

758 P.2d 690 (1988)

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, State of Hawaii, ex rel., Cindy MONTERO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald C. MONTERO, Defendant-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

July 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Barr, Deputy Public Defender, on the briefs, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

John R. Gibbs, Deputy Corp. Counsel, City & County of Honolulu, on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BURNS, C.J., and HEEN and TANAKA, JJ.


BURNS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Donald C. Montero (Montero) appeals the family court's August 3, 1987 Judgment of Criminal Contempt convicting him of constructive (indirect) criminal contempt as a petty misdemeanor.

Concluding that the family court reversibly erred when it authorized a deputy corporation counsel of the City and County of Honolulu to prosecute the contempt charge against Montero, we vacate the conviction...

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