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LC v. MG & CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

SCAP-16-0000837.

430 P.3d 400 (2018)

LC, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MG AND CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, State of Hawai`i, Respondents-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 4, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca A. Copeland for petitioner-appellant LC.

Peter C. Renn , pro hac vice, and Christopher D. Thomas , Honolulu, for respondent-appellee MG.

Clyde J. Wadsworth , Honolulu, for amicus curiae State of Hawai`i.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT EXCEPT AS TO PART III(B) AND OPINION AS TO PART III(B) BY NAKAYAMA, J., IN WHICH RECKTENWALD, C.J., JOINS

The Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) was adopted by the Hawai`i State Legislature in 1975 to "provide substantive legal equality for all children regardless of the marital status of their parents." H. Stand. Comm. Rep. No. 190, in 1975 House Journal, at 1019. To that end, the UPA presumes legal paternity in certain circumstances. One...

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