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NOT FOR PUBLICATION ______________________________________________________________________________ NO. 25523 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I IN THE INTEREST OF DOE MINOR, BORN ON AUGUST 20, 1990 APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT (FC-S NO. 97-042K) (By: SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER Burns, C.J., Lim and Nakamura, JJ.)

Mother appeals the September 26, 2001 order of the family court of the third circuit1 that terminated her parental rights and awarded permanent custody of her eleven-year-old son Doe to the Director of the Department of Human Services (DHS). Mother also appeals the family court's November 18, 2002 order that denied her October 15, 2001 motion for reconsideration of the September 26, 2001 order.2 Upon a painstaking review of the record and the briefs submitted by the parties, and giving careful consideration to the arguments advanced and the issues raised by the parties, we resolve Mother's points of error on appeal as follows:

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The Honorable William S. Chillingworth, judge presiding.

Mother does not specify or argue error with particular respect to the family court of the third circuit's November 18, 2002 order that denied her October 15, 2001 motion for reconsideration. Hence, we will not review and thus affirm the family court's November 18, 2002 order. See Hawai #i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 28(b)(4) (2002); Wright v. Chatman, 2 Haw. App. 74, 76-77, 625 P.2d 1060, 1062 (1981); HRAP Rule 28(b)(7) (2002); Weinberg v. Mauch, 78 Hawai #i 40, 49, 890 P.2d 277, 286 (1995); In re Wai #ola O Moloka #i, Inc., 103 Hawai #i 401, 438 n.33, 83 P.3d 664, 701 n.33 (2004).

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. Mother first argues that "mere child antipathy, and

the passage of time alone, should not serve as a basis to terminate parental rights[.]" omitted). Opening Brief at 18 (formatting The record

This argument rests upon a faulty premise.

clearly shows that Doe's "antipathy" towards Mother -- variously described by various sources as fear or anxiety, and reportedly resulting in Doe's impression of Mother as a "monster"

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