State v. Medina

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LUM, C.J.

Appellant State of Hawaii (State) appeals a Family Court order dismissing a charge brought under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 586-11 alleging that a protective order was violated by appellee Julio S. Medina, Jr. (Medina). The charge was dismissed because of the State’s failure to personally serve the order as required by HRS § 586-6. We affirm.

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On July 17, 1990, Sieglinde Laminman (Laminman) filed an ex parte petition for a temporary restraining order with the Family Court of the Third Circuit pursuant to HRS § 586-4, requesting that Medina be restrained…