Case Title: In re N.T. and J.T.

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Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2006-05-17T00:00:00Z

Document:
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No. 27727

   
    

IN THE INTEREST OF N.T. and J.T.

 

APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT @
(FC~S NO. 02-0123)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
Nakayama, J., for the court")

 

Upon review of the record, it appears that appellant’s
parental and custodial rights and duties were divested by the
July 20, 2005 amended order awarding permanent custody. The
right to appeal the July 20, 2005 amended order was conditioned
upon the filing of a motion for reconsideration of the order
within twenty days after the order was entered. See HRS § 571-
94; Inthe Interest of Jane Dos, 77 Hawai'i 109, 113, 883 P.2d
30, 34 (1994); In the Interest of Jane Doc, 3 Haw. App. 391, 394,

651 P.2d 492, 494 (1982). Appellant’s motion for reconsideration
was filed on August 11, 2005, twenty-two days after entry of the
July 20, 2005 amended order. The twenty-day statutory deadline
of HRS § 571-54 could not be waived. See HRAP 26(b). Thus, the
jurisdictional requirement for appealing the July 20, 2005
amended order was not met and we lack jurisdiction over this
appeal. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 17, 2006.

FOR THE COURT: TE
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Precise ts Sreteane Saal
Associate Justice (3 :
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‘considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba and Duffy, JI.