- Miranda T. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services
Family Law
Supreme Court of Alaska (2023)
Sarah Edwards
In Miranda T. v. State Department of Health & Social Services, 524 P.3d 1105 (Alaska 2023), the court held that, before seeking termination of parental rights, the Office of Children’s Services’ (OCS) efforts to reunite a child with his or her family pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act ...
- Blythe P. v. Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children’s Services
FAMILY LAW
Supreme Court of Alaska (2023)
Steve Stenquist
In Blythe P. v. Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children’s Services 524 P.3d 238 (Alaska 2023), the supreme court overturned State, Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Children’s Services v. Zander B. 474 P.3d 1153, (Alaska, 2020), holding that whenever an Office of Children’s ...
- Tuluksak Native Cmty. v. Dep’t of Health & Soc. Servs.
FAMILY LAW
Supreme Court of Alaska (2023)
Kubi Johnson
In Tuluksak Native Cmty. v. Dep’t of Health & Soc. Servs., 530 P.3d 359 (Alaska 2023), the supreme court held the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) may place an Alaskan Native child at a psychiatric treatment facility under AS 47.10.087 if the child is suffering from mental illness, no ...
- Hudson v. Hudson
FAMILY LAW
Supreme Court of Alaska (2023)
Shaun Thompson
In Hudson v. Hudson, 532 P.3d 272 (Alaska 2023), the supreme court held that a person concealing plans to separate from their spouse is not economic misconduct, so long as (1) marital property was not used for the spouse’s own benefit; (2) while the marriage was breaking down ...
- Stockton v. Stockton
FAMILY LAW
Supreme Court of Alaska (2023)
Cara Shanahan
In Stockton v. Stockton, 532 P.3d 735 (Alaska 2023), the supreme court held that (1) a person who is experiencing depression but still able to work and care for children is not so incompetent as to invalidate a default judgment dividing marital property; and (2) failure to effectively serve ...
- Penn P. v. Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children’s Services
FAMILY LAW
Supreme Court of Alaska (2023)
Allyson Barkley
In Penn P. v. Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children’s Services, 522 P.3d 659 (Alaska 2023), the supreme court reaffirmed the existing standard for allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel in parental rights termination cases. (Id. at 670). Penn P. and June were the parents of ...
- Vang v. Pa
FAMILY LAW
Supreme Court of Alaska (2023)
Cara Shanahan
In Vang v. Pa, 531 P.3d 979 (Alaska 2023), the supreme court held that money transfers are not presumptively treated as gifts between parties who are not legally married and do not establish a domestic partnership at trial. (Id. at 984). Tong Vang and Pa Kou Xiong were in ...
- Christy v. Conrad
FAMILY LAW
Supreme Court of Alaska (2023)
Kubi Johnson
In Christy v. Conrad, 524 P.3d 231 (Alaska 2023), the supreme court held parents can cut off contact between their children and the children’s grandparents, despite a positive grandparent-child relationship, if the grandparents are unable to show with clear and convincing evidence that ending visitation is detrimental to the ...
- Daum v. Daum
FAMILY LAWSupreme Court of Alaska (2022)Kristiana OlsonIn Daum v. Daum, 518 P.3d 718 (Alaska 2022), the supreme court held that the superior court hadjurisdiction and authority to award support for an adult child covering the entirety of the child’sliving expenses. (Id. at 720). After a father filed for divorce following years of separation, themother counterclaimed ...
- Angelica C. v. Jonathan C.
FAMILY LAWSupreme Court of Alaska (2022)Sarah CouillardIn Angelica C. v. Jonathan C., 519 P.3d 334 (Alaska 2022), the supreme court held that thesuperior court did not abuse its discretion by finding that a child’s best interests in preserving thefather’s parental rights outweighed the mother’s rights as a victim of sexual abuse by the child’sfather. (Id. ...
