Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-27580 23-NOV-2011 02:06 PM

NO. SCWC-27580

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

LILY E. HAMILTON on behalf of AMBER J. LETHEM, a minor, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

CHRISTY L. LETHEM, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 27580; CIV. NO. 05-1-1977)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ., and Circuit Judge Crandall, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused)

The application for writ of certiorari, filed on

October 14, 2011 by Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Christy L.

Lethem, is accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding

scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, November 23, 2011.

Robert H. Thomas and /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Rebecca A. Copeland (Damon Key Leong /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. Kupchak Hastert) for petitioner/ /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. defendant-appellant, on the application. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Virginia L. Crandall