Department of Children & Family Services & Sally Davies v. D.N.

VILLANTI, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services and Sally Davies, the guardian ad litem (collectively “the Department”), appeal from the trial court’s order requiring that two children, D.N. and K.N., be returned to the custody of their father, D.N., in Hawaii. Because there is a valid order from the Hawaii court giving D.N. legal custody of the two children, we affirm. We write to point out that it is the Department’s refusal to respect controlling statutory authority that prevented the proper resolution of this case for over eighteen months.

As of January 2001, D.N., his wife,…