FILIPO v. CHANG

No. 6367.

618 P.2d 295 (1980)

Gloria FILIPO, Individually, the unborn child of Anatelea and Gloria Filipo, by and through the guardian ad litem and mother Gloria Filipo, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Andrew CHANG, Director of the Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii; Edwin Tam, Administrator of the Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii; and Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dewey H. Kim, Jr., Honolulu (Charleen M. Aina, Michael A. Lilly and R. Brian Tsujimura, Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, on briefs), for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Arthur La France, Honolulu (Linda-Mei Leong, Stanley E. Levin and David Nakamura, Honolulu, on briefs), Legal Aid Soc. of Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and OGATA, MENOR, LUM and NAKAMURA, JJ.


LUM, Justice.

By summary judgment, the first circuit court ordered the department of social services and housing (DSSH) to pay plaintiff Gloria Filipo, a pregnant mother, additional welfare assistance of $44 per month for her unborn child.1 DSSH appeals this summary judgment order.

The foregoing judgment resulted from a complaint brought by plaintiff, individually and as guardian ad litem for her unborn child, for declaratory and...

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