In Interest of Doe

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HEEN, J.

This appeal is from the decision and order of the Family Court of the First Circuit in which the court found the subject child (Jane) to be within the jurisdiction of the court pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 571-11(2)(B) (1976, as amended) 1 in that Jane was subjected to physical abuse as a result of the failure of her father to exercise that degree of care for which he is legally responsible.

Suasponte we find that this court lacks appellate jurisdiction. HRS § 571-54 (1976, as amended) governs appeals in these cases and reads in pertinent part, as…