HRS 0571-0001 ANNOTATIONS

Inherent powers give family court jurisdiction to determine rights of natural father of illegitimate child. 56 H. 462, 541 P.2d 13.

As this section mandates against treating juvenile adjudications as convictions, appellate court erred in holding that defendant's prior juvenile adjudication of driving without no-fault insurance constituted a conviction for purposes of applying the repeat offender sentencing provisions of §431:10C-117 (1993) to defendant's subsequent offense of driving without no-fault insurance. 92 H. 521, 993 P.2d 555.