Hawaii Adoption Court Cases

Hawaii Court Case: In re Adoption of Jane Doe
This is an appeal from a decree of adoption entered by the judge of the juvenile court of the first circuit without the consent of the mother. In this opinion the names of the parties are not used, pursuant to rule 7 (h) (1) of the rules of this court applicable to confidential and restricted matter. The minor with respect to whom the petition was filed is referred to as the "child," and the natural parents...


Hawaii Court Case: In re Watson
Approximately three months thereafter, to wit, on November 28, 1955, the paternal grandfather of the children, Numa A. Watson, petitioned the court to set aside the decree of adoption "at least to the extent that the decree effects a change of name of the children." The petition avers in substance that, on account of the brilliant military record of their deceased father's family, the decretal order of the juvenile court...


Hawaii Court Case: In re the Estate of Emanuel S. Chuna
Testator, Emanuel S. Cunha, died January 10, 1918, leaving a will which created a trust providing for the distribution of income until the death of the last survivor of testator's wife, children and grandchildren living at the time of his death, n1 which is the end of the trust period. Harvey Douglas Murray, a grandson, became an income taker upon the death of his mother...


Hawaii Court Case: In re a Male Child
The petitioner in this case is seeking to adopt a male minor child (hereinafter referred to as "subject child"). The subject child's natural mother who is the petitioner's wife gave her consent to the adoption. The subject child's natural father refused to consent and opposed the petition. The Family Court for the First Circuit, after a hearing, granted the petition for adoption and the non-consenting natural father now appeals...


Hawaii Court Case: Willmont v. Decker
The appellant is the natural father of a child born out of wedlock on August 23, 1971. He and the child's mother had lived together and held themselves out as husband and wife for several years prior to the birth of the child. They were never legally married. They continued living together as such for at least another year after the child was born. Thereafter, the mother left with the child to live with one Roger Decker whom she subsequently married. Following the separation, the appellant was allowed by the mother to visit with the child...


Hawaii Court Case: Woodruff v. Keale
This is an appeal from a family court order terminating the parental rights of the appellants, Carlin Craig Woodruff and Mikala Kalaulipo Kanahele Woodruff, in their natural child, Jane Doe. The family court found that appellants had failed to provide for Jane's care and support although able to do so while Jane was on Niihau in the custody of Mrs. Jean Keale and her son John for over one year...


Hawaii Court Case: Maui Land v. Naiapaakai Heirs
The appeal in No. 12018 is from an order entered on stipulated facts of January 20, 1987. The court, on the basis of the stipulated facts, concluded that Grace Young, Charles Kamauoha and Hookano Kamauoha did not inherit an interest in the property which is the subject of the lawsuit. It consequently entered an order granting a motion for determination of heirs and denying an evidentiary trial on the subject...


Hawaii Court Case: In re Doe Children
DHS derives its authority to promulgate rules regarding the care of children in its foster custody from HRS § 587-2. However, DHS asserts that the family court order to make foster board payments to relative caretakers is in violation of these rules. Specifically, DHS Administrative Rules § 7-828-2 defines a foster child as "any child under eighteen years of age who is not related...


Hawaii Court Case: In re John Doe
This complex and unique case has been in our court system for over eight years, since March 14, 1988, when DHS filed its initial CPA petition asking the family court to determine Doe's best interests. n1 The child of a Filipina mother and an American father (Father), Doe was born in Australia on August 6, 1987. When Doe was two to three months old, he arrived...


Hawaii Court Case: Child Support Enforcement Agency v. Roe
We granted the application for a writ of certiorari of Petitioner/Respondent-Appellant Jane Roe (Mother) n1 on February 26, 2001, to review the January 23, 2001 memorandum opinion by the Intermediate Court of Appeals (the ICA), Child Support Enforcement Agency...


Hawaii Court Case: In re Interest of Jane Doe
We granted the application for a writ of certiorari, filed by the petitioner-appellee Department of Human Services (DHS), in order to review the published opinion of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) in In re Jane Doe, Born on June 20, 1995, 95 Haw. 201, 20 P.3d 634 (Haw. Ct. App. Dec. 22, 2000) [hereinafter, "the ICA's opinion"]. The ICA's opinion partially vacated the order of the family court of the first circuit...


Hawaii Court Case: In re Interest of John Doe
Mother-appellant appeals the family court's January 28, 2000 Order Awarding Permanent Custody of John Doe (Child) to the Department of Health Services (DHS) and the family court's February 11, 2000 order denying her Motion for Reconsideration. On appeal, Mother contends the family court erred when it granted the state's Motion for Permanent Custody and Establishing a Permanent Plan...

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