NO. 27533




IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI´I




STATE OF HAWAI´I,
Respondent-Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.



DENISE M. RIVERS,
Petitioner-Defendant-Appellant.


CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(FC-CR NO. 05-1-1086)





ORDER AFFIRMING JUDGMENT ON APPEAL
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

Petitioner-plaintiff-appellant Denise R. Rivers timely filed an application for a writ of certiorari from the judgment of the Intermediate Court of Appeals ("ICA"), dated January 11, 2007, entered pursuant to the summary disposition order, dated December 29, 2006, in State v. Rivers, which affirmed the September 2, 2005 judgment of the family court of the first circuit. This court accepted certiorari on April 10, 2007 and subsequently ordered oral argument.

Upon careful review of the record and the briefs submitted by the parties, having given due consideration to the arguments advanced and the issues raised, and also having heard and carefully considered the parties' respective arguments at oral argument held on August 15, 2007,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the ICA's January 11, 2007 judgment on appeal is affirmed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, Sepember 4, 2007.




Leland B.T. Look,
for petitioner-defendant-
appellant

Bryan R. Vincent,
deputy prosecuting
attorney, for
respondent-plaintiff-
appellee