Opinion ID: 870855
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Court-Discharge of Petitioner's Counsel and Subsequent Appointment of Counsel

Text: The court's Termination Order stated that: [Iopa], stand-by counsel for [Petitioner], is discharged. Based on representations as to changes in her resource status, if [Petitioner] wishes the assistance of court-appointed counsel to pursue further relief or to perfect an appeal, she must tender a new application for court-appointed counsel to the [c]ourt immediately. (Emphasis added.) At the point of discharge no counsel was substituted. On March 29, 2005, Petitioner applied for court-appointed counsel, and counsel was appointed the same day. Yonemori, Petitioner's new counsel, failed to file a motion for reconsideration in order to preserve Petitioner's right to appeal the permanent custody ruling, as was required under HRS § 571-54 at that time.