INTEREST OF JH

SCWC-21-0000316.

526 P.3d 350 (2023)

In the INTEREST OF JH.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

March 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly M. Kersten , ( Abigail S. Dunn Apana , Julio Cesar Herrera , Patrick A. Pascual , Regina Anne M. Shimada , on the briefs), for petitioner Department of, Human Services.

Emily E.M. Hills , for Guardian Ad Litem.

Clint K. Hamada , and Herbert Y. Hamada , Honolulu, for Father.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, AND EDDINS, JJ.; AND WILSON, J., DISSENTING.


At the start of this Child Protective Act case, the Family Court of the First Circuit appointed attorneys for a mother and father (Parents). Then, when Parents failed to appear at a court hearing, the court discharged counsel. Later, Parents reappeared, the court reappointed counsel, and the case progressed. After...

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