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IN RE AS

No. SCWC-11-0001065.

322 P.3d 263 (2014)

132 Haw. 368

In the Interest of AS.

Supreme Court of Hawai'i.

February 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Pascual, Honolulu, for petitioner.

Francis T. O'Brien, for respondents Foster Parents.

Kimberly S. Towler, for respondent Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem Program.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, and POLLACK, JJ.; with ACOBA, J., concurring separately, with whom POLLACK, J., joins.

Opinion of the Court by McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

In this appeal, the Family Court of the First Circuit ("family court") awarded custody of AS, a minor foster child, to AS's non-relative foster parents, contrary to the Department of Human Services' ("DHS") recommendation that AS be permanently placed with her maternal aunt. At issue in this appeal is whether the family court reviews DHS's permanent placement recommendations...

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