IN RE DOE

No. 21972.

20 P.3d 634 (2000)

95 Hawai`i 201

In the Interest of Jane DOE, Born on June 20, 1995.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

December 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kawana, on the briefs, for mother-appellant.

James W. Walther, Kris S. Murakami, and Mary Anne Magnier, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Hawai`i, on the briefs, for Department of Human Services-appellee.

BURNS, C.J., WATANABE, J., and Circuit Judge MARKS in place of LIM, J., Recused.


Opinion of the Court by WATANABE, J.

This child protective services (CPS) case requires us to review the propriety of an order of permanent custody that involuntarily divested a mother of her parental and custodial rights and duties (parental rights) in her youngest child.

The undisputed evidence in the record is that Appellant, the legal and natural mother (Mother) of Jane Doe, born on June 20, 1995 (Jane), deeply loves and is devoted to Jane. Jane is equally...

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