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IN RE DOE

No. 21145.

978 P.2d 166 (1999)

90 Hawai`i 200

In the INTEREST OF Jane DOE, Born on June 29, 1994

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred P. Lerma, Jr., Kealakekua, on the briefs, for parents-appellants.

Jay K. Goss, Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawai`i, on the briefs, for Department of Human Services-appellee.

Sarah J. Smith, Kailua Kona, on the briefs, for foster mother-appellee.

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

Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold that parties in a parental rights termination proceeding brought under Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 587 are not prohibited from entering into a settlement agreement in which parents agree to surrender their parental rights with respect to their child. We conclude that the "Stipulation and Order Re Permanent Custody of [Child]" (the stipulation) among Appellants, who are the natural mother (Mother) and natural father...

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