In the Interest of N.C.

Opinion of the Court by

DUFFY, J.

On March 4, 2010, this court accepted petitioner/minor-appellant NC’s (NC) timely application for writ of certiorari to review the June 26, 2009 summary disposition order of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in In re NC, No. 28294, 2009 WL 1817400 (Hawai'i App. June 26, 2009) (SDO), which affirmed the Family Court of the Third Circuit’s (family court’s) September 26, 2006 decree1 which adjudicated NC to be a status offender2 pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) section 571-11(2) and placed NC on protective supervision of the family court.

NC’s…