In re Doe Children
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NO. 23611 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I IN THE INTEREST OF DOE CHILDREN: JOHN DOE Born on November 13, 1990 JOHN DOE Born on June 3, 1992 (NO. 23611 (FC-S NO. 97-04815)) ----------------------------------------------------------------IN THE INTEREST OF JANE DOE Born May 20, 1993 (NO. 23612 (FC-S NO. 97-04816)) ----------------------------------------------------------------IN THE INTEREST OF JOHN DOE Born December 8, 1994 (NO. 23613 (FC-S NO. 97-04817)) APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (FC-S NOS. 97-04815, 97-04816, & 97-04817) ORDER DISMISSING APPEALS BY FATHER-APPELLANT (By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.) Upon review of the record, it appears that: (1) fatherappellant's right to appeal the May 26, 2000 permanent custody orders entered in FC-S Nos. 97-04815, 97-04816 and 97-04817 was conditioned upon the filing by father-appellant of motions for reconsideration of the May 26, 2000 orders; see HRS § 571-54; In re Jane Doe, 77 Hawai#i 109, 113, 883 P.2d 30, 34 (1994); In re Jane Doe, 3 Haw. App. 391, 394, 651 P.2d 492, 494 (1982); (2) no motions for reconsideration were filed by father-appellant; (3) the motions for reconsideration filed on May 26, 2000 by mother-appellant sought reconsideration of the May 26, 2000 orders only as to mother-appellant and the record of the reconsideration hearing indicates that the May 26, 2000 orders were reconsidered by the family court only as to motherappellant; and, thus, (4) the jurisdictional requirements for appeal have not been met as to father-appellant and we lack jurisdiction over father-appellant's appeals. HRS § 571-54. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeals by fatherappellant are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, November 21, 2000. 2
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