Title: In re R.G.B.

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

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No. 27814

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In the Interest of R.G.B.

APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT

(FC-S NO. 01-0063)

Nakayama, J., for the court!)

 

Upon review of the record, it appears that we lack
jurisdiction over Mother-Appellant’s appeal from the March 11,
2005 findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order. Under HRS
§ 571-54 (1993), “appeals in family court cases, as in other
civil cases, may be taken only from (1) a final judgment, order,

or decree, . . . or (2) a certified interlocutory order.” in re
Dee, 96 Hawai'i 272, 283, 30 P.3d 878, 889 (2001) (citations
omitted). The March 11, 2005 findings of fact, conclusions of

law, and order was not, by itself, an appealable final order
under HRS § 571-54 (1993). “By the plain language of the
statute, a party desiring to appeal from an order entered in a
proceeding governed by HRS § 571-54 is required to file a motion
for reconsideration.” In re Doe Children, 94 Hawai'i 485, 486,
17 P.3d 217, 218 (2001). “Thus, there is no appealable order
until the family court resolves the motion for reconsideration.”

Id

 

Mother-Appellant did not file a motion for
reconsideration within twenty days after entry of the March 11,
2005 findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order, as HRS
§ 571-54 (1993) required. Therefore, Mother-Appellant failed to
perfect her right to assert an appeal under HRS § 571-54 (1993),
and there is no appealable order. Absent an appealable order, we

 

‘considered by: Moon, €.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acobe, and Duffy, Jd.
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lack jurisdiction over this case. Accordingly,

3T IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 28, 2006.
FOR THE COURT:

Nucta OO ateeyenre

Associate Justice