FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Alison Tobin In Wills v. Humphries, 564 P.3d 272 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that a child support offset may be granted to a parent who is owed attorneys’ fees by the other parent. (Id. at 282). When Robert Wills and Aniela Humphries divorced in Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Tommy Nowak In Sandvik v. Frazier, 573 P.3d 552 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that the superior court needed to further explain why the purchase of life insurance for a divorced spouse was not an appropriate remedial action. (Id. at 553). Sandvik and Frazier divorced Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Suleyman Amjad In Native Village of Saint Michael v. State of Alaska, Department of Family & Community Services, Office Of Children’s Services, 572 P.3d 546 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that, when the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) properly releases custody of a child to Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Ben Helzner In Matter of Sasha J., 563 P.3d 602 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that courts are not necessarily precluded from determining whether an individual is incapacitated by a previous determination of that individual’s incapacity. (Id. at 610). In 2012, the Alaska superior court Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Suleyman Amjad In Matter of Macon J., 565 P.3d 215, 226 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that appointing a guardian does not require the same standard of evidence as terminating parental rights and that such appointment is not a de facto termination of parental rights. Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Jordan Scott In Matter of Lila B., 568 P.3d 1 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that the State must demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that shaving a mental-health detainee’s head is the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling government interest. (Id. at 5–6). Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW United States District Court for the District of Alaska (2025) James Blair In Mary B. v. Kovol, 786 F. Supp. 3d 1161 (D. Alaska 2025), the United States District Court for the District of Alaska held that the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (CWA) created rights, enforceable under 42 U.S.C. Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Michael Ash In Chapman v. Chapman, 563 P.3d 1155 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that the Superior Court did not err when it ordered undistributed trust income to be used in calculating a child support obligation from a parent who exercised control over the trust. Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Court of Appeals of Alaska (2024) Erik Gordon In I.J. v. State, 553 P.3d 1263 (Alaska Ct. App. 2024), the court of appeals held that “the least restrictive alternative rule” does not mean that each less restrictive alternative must be attempted when there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the less restrictive measures Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Caitlyn Leary In Tara R. v. Department of Family & Community Services, Office of Children’s Services, 541 P.3d 539 (Alaska 2024), the Alaska Supreme Court held that foster parents are not permitted to intervene in a case regarding termination of parental rights except under rare circumstances. (Id. at Continue Reading »
