Title: In re Doe, b. 10/27/97.

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

NO. 22638 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII In the Interest of JANE DOE, Born on October 27, 1997. _______________________________ FC-S NO. 98-05271 FAMILY COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER Upon carefully reviewing the record and the briefs submitted by the parties and having given due consideration to the arguments advanced and the issues raised by the parties, we hold that: (1) inasmuch as Intervenor-appellant Anita Hunt (Hunt) failed to demonstrate that she claimed "an interest relating to the property, transaction or custody or visitation of a minor child which is the subject of the action and he [or she] is so situated that the disposition of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede his [or her] ability to protect that interest," pursuant to Hawai`i Family Court Rules (HFCR) Rule 24(a), the family court did not err in denying her motion for intervention of right; (2) inasmuch as Hunt failed to demonstrate on appeal that the family court abused its discretion in disallowing permissive intervention under HFCR Rule 24(b), the family court did not abuse its discretion in denying her motion for permissive intervention; and (3) inasmuch as Hunt did not attempt to utilize the appropriate statutorily-established procedure under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 587-81 (1993) to obtain court records in child protective proceedings, the family court did not err in denying Hunt access to the records and files in Jane Doe's case. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the judgment from which the appeal is taken is affirmed. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, (1) June 7, 2000. On the briefs: Brian Benham Custer for intervenor-appellant Jill T. Nagamine and Mary Anne Magnier, Deputy Attorneys General, for Department of Human Services- Appellee _____________________________ RONALD T.Y. MOON Chief Justice _____________________________ STEVEN H. LEVINSON Associate Justice _____________________________ PAULA A. NAKAYAMA Associate Justice _____________________________ MARIO R. RAMIL Associate Justice _____________________________ KEVIN S.C. CHANG Substitute Justice 1. Substitute Justice Chang was assigned by reason of the vacancy created by the resignation of Justice Klein, effective February 4, 2000. On May 19, 2000, Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. was sworn-in as associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. However, Substitute Justice Chang remains on the above-captioned case, unless otherwise excused or disqualified.