IN RE RGB

No. 28582.

229 P.3d 1066 (2010)

In the Interest of RGB, A Minor.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

April 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Ireijo, for petitioner/mother-appellant.

Howard H. Shiroma, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent/petitioner-appellee.

MOON, C.J., NAKAYAMA, and RECKTENWALD, JJ.; and ACOBA, J., Dissenting, With Whom DUFFY, J., joins.


Opinion of the Court by RECKTENWALD, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether the family court abused its discretion in denying Mother's motion for relief from an order terminating Mother's parental rights. The motion alleged that Mother received ineffective assistance of counsel in the proceeding that resulted in the termination order, as well as in her direct appeal from that order.

Mother's child, RGB, was born in July of 1999. RGB was taken into protective...

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