Legal Opinion
In the Interest of T.M.
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided January 6, 2014No. SCWC-12-0000521PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
ACOBA, J.
We hold that the failure of the Family Court of the Third Circuit1 (the court) to appoint counsel for Petitioner/Mother-Appellant Jane Doe (Petitioner) until nearly nineteen months after Respondent-Appellee Department of Human Services (DHS) filed a Petition for Temporary Foster Custody over Petitioner’s son, T.M. constituted an abuse of discretion under Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 587-342 (2006) and § 587A-173 (Supp.2012) which necessitates vacating the court’s April 17, 2012 Order “Terminating [Petitioner’s] Parental Rights and Awarding Permanent…
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