In the Interest of Doe

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAYAMA, J.

We granted the application for a writ of certiorari, filed by petitioner-appellee State of Hawai’i (the prosecution), in order to review the published opinion of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA), In re Jane Doe, 95 Hawai'i 340, 22 P.3d 987 (1999), wherein the ICA reversed the July 1, 1998 findings, order, and decree of the family court of the first circuit finding respondent-appellant Jane Doe (Doe) in criminal contempt for violating a order of protective supervision issued by the family court. The ICA ruled that Doe received insufficient notice of…