DOE v. DOE

No. 22172.

52 P.3d 278 (2001)

99 Hawai`i 24

Jane DOE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John DOE and John Doe II, Respondents-Appellees.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai'i.

Certiorari Granted March 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Van Pernis (Van Pernis, Smith & Vancil, of counsel), on the briefs, Kailua Kona, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Barry D. Edwards, on the briefs, Honolulu, for Respondent-Appellee John Doe.

Alan H. Tuhy, for Guardian Ad Litem.

BURNS, C.J., and WATANABE and LIM, JJ., dissenting.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY BURNS, C.J.

In this paternity case, the petitioners are the mother and her minor son. The respondents are the minor son's statutorily presumed father and the minor son's alleged father. The appellant is the minor son's mother.

In April 1987, Petitioner-Appellant Jane Doe (Mother) married Respondent-Appellee John Doe (Presumed Father). During their marriage, Mother gave birth to a daughter (Daughter) on October 4, 1988, and to a son...

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