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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 [separating] spouse’s own benefit; (2) while the marriage Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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. Continue Reading »
