NO. 21972





IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

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In the Interest of JANE DOE,



Born on June 20, 1995.

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(FC-S NO. 95-03945)





ORDER

(By: Levinson, J., for the court)



Upon consideration of application for a writ of certiorari filed January 19, 2001 by the petitioner-appellee Department of Human Services, the same is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, January 23, 2001.







James W. Walter, Jay K. Goss,

and Mary Anne Magnier,

Deputy Attorneys General,

for the petitioner-appellee

Department of Human Services

on the writ