Doe II v. Roe II

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

BURNS, C.J.

This is a case involving the Hawaii Uniform Parentage Act (HUPA), HRS chapter 584 (1976, as amended). Respondent Richard Roe II (No. I) 1 appeals the lower court’s judgment declaring him to be the child’s father. We affirm.

About the sixth month of her pregnancy, petitioner Jane Doe II, an unmarried woman, applied for welfare assistance and named No. 2 as the father. On January 20,1978, she gave birth to a female child. In December of 1978 petitioner advised the Department of Social Services and Housing that No. 2 was a fictitious person and that respondent…