IN RE DOE

No. 21644.

981 P.2d 723 (1999)

91 Hawai`i 166

In the Interest of Jane DOE, Born on September 20, 1987 and In the Interest of Jane Doe, Born on August 15, 1993.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

July 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D.S. Kim, on the briefs, for appellant.

Jay K. Goss and Mary Anne Magnier, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Hawai`i, on the briefs, for Department of Human Services.

BURNS, C.J., WATANABE, and ACOBA, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold in this child protective proceeding brought under Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 587 that (1) the HRS § 587-31 (1993) requirement that a petition be "verified" is satisfied by a declaration under penalty of perjury that the matters therein are "true and correct," (2) the failure of the children's guardian ad litem to make reports and recommendations required under HRS § 587-34 does not require a remand, ...

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