Opinion
CAAP-23-0000535
04-23-2024
IN THE INTEREST OF S.G. and L.G.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI'I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER
Appeal from the Family Court of the Third Circuit (FC-S No. 22-0044)
Leonard, Acting Chief Judge, Wadsworth and McCullen, JJ.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
Upon review of the record, it appears that Mother-Appellant N.G. filed a self-represented 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 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.").
Though Appellant is represented by court-appointed counsel, she filed the appeal pro se.
Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.