In Re: S.G. and L.G.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Electronically Filed
Intermediate Court of Appeals
CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
23-APR-2024
08:09 AM
Dkt. 79 ODSLJ

NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

IN THE INTEREST OF S.G. and L.G.

APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT
(FC-S NO. 22-0044)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
(By: Leonard, Acting Chief Judge, Wadsworth and McCullen, JJ.)

Upon review of the record, it appears that Mother-

Appellant N.G. filed a self-represented1 appeal from a June 16,

2023 Order Concerning Child Protective Act, entered by the Family

Court of the Third Circuit in FC-S No. 22-0044. The September

13, 2023 notice of appeal was filed more than thirty days after

the order appealed-from, and the deadline to appeal was not

tolled or extended. The notice of appeal is therefore untimely.

See Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 4(a)(1);

Grattafiori v. State, 79 Hawai#i 10, 13, 897 P.2d 937, 940 (1995)

("As a general rule, compliance with the requirement of the

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Though Appellant is represented by court-appointed counsel, she
filed the appeal pro se.
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timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional, . . . and

we must dismiss an appeal on our motion if we lack jurisdiction."

(citations & internal quotation marks omitted)); HRAP Rule 26(b)

("[N]o court or judge or justice is authorized to change the

jurisdictional requirements contained in Rule 4 of these

rules.").

Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is

dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, April 23, 2024.
/s/ Katherine G. Leonard
Acting Chief Judge

/s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
Associate Judge

/s/ Sonja M.P. McCullen
Associate Judge

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