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IN RE DOE

No. 21876.

22 P.3d 987 (1999)

95 Hawaii 340

In the Interest of Jane DOE, Born on June 16, 1983, Minor-Appellant.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii.

December 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Y. Chinn, Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-appellant.

James Anderson, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellee.

BURNS, C.J., WATANABE, and ACOBA, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold that the family court may not adjudicate a minor in criminal contempt for violating a court order unless it had previously informed the minor of the nature of a contempt of court charge and the consequences of being found in contempt. Minor-Appellant Jane Doe (Doe) was not so informed by the family court of the first circuit (the court)1 in this case, and therefore, should not have been adjudged...

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