NO. 24517

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I


IN THE INTEREST OF

JANE DOE, Born on August 13, 1986
JANE DOE, Born on September 30, 1992
JOHN DOE, Born on December 22, 1997
JOHN DOE, Born on December 2, 1999
JANE DOE, Born on January 19, 1982

Minors


APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
(FC-S NO. 99-0429)


ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
(By: Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.
and Circuit Judge Ahn, in place of Moon, C.J., recused)

Upon review of the record, it appears that: (1) the right to appeal the family court's August 10, 2001 order terminating father-appellant's parental rights was conditioned upon the filing of a motion for reconsideration of the order within twenty days after the order was entered; see HRS § 571-54; In the Interest of Jane Doe, 77 Hawai`i 109, 113, 883 P.2d 30, 34 (1994); In the Interest of Jane Doe, 3 Haw. App. 391, 394, 651 P.2d 492, 494 (1982); (2) no motion for reconsideration was filed by father-appellant; and thus, (3) the jurisdictional requirements for appealing the August 10, 2001 order have not been met and we lack jurisdiction over this appeal. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, December 19, 2001.