FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Kristiana Olson In Rock H. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, 2022 WL 2236187 (Alaska 2022) (unpublished), the supreme court held that the superior court did not err in finding that a child was in need of aid, and that the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) made Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Court of Appeals of Alaska (2022) Anighya H.D. Crocker In Grubb v. State, 506 P.3d 791 (Alaska Ct. App. 2022), the court of appeals held that Alaska law permits restitution only where lost wages and benefits are not too attenuated from the charged criminal conduct. (Id. at 792). Grubb pleaded guilty to second-degree Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Scott Anderson In Sockpick v. Magby, 2022 WL 2825388 (Alaska 2022) (unpublished), the supreme court held that a release of liability in a settlement agreement cannot be a defense to a lawsuit when a court has previously struck down that portion of the settlement agreement. (Id. at 4). Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Sarah Couillard In Sternquist v. Sternquist, No. S-17594, 2022 WL 2137285 (Alaska June 15, 2022) (unpublished), the supreme court held that a version of a settlement agreement between a divorcing couple that was drafted by the husband and adopted by the court did not reflect the couple’s actual Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Robert Bulka In Womack v. Jones, 2022 WL 1565679 (Alaska May 18, 2022), reh’g denied (June 23, 2022) (unpublished), the supreme court affirmed the superior court’s interpretation of a settlement agreement in a divorce decree dividing the profits of the sale of the marital home based on cost-of-sale, Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Kristiana Olson In Ariel P. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, 2022 WL 2093357 (Alaska 2022) (unpublished), the supreme court held that a court may consider the potential permanency of a child’s foster placement when conducting a best interests assessment. (Id. at *1). The Office of Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Anighya H.D. Crocker In Walsh v. Singleton, No. S-18155, 2022 WL 2092566 (Alaska June 8, 2022) (unpublished), the supreme court upheld the superior court’s decision to modify an existing custody agreement in light of a mother’s decision to move from Anchorage to Wasilla. (Id. at *1–2). A separated Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Scott Anderson In Aparezuk v. Schlosser, 514 P.3d 283 (Alaska 2022), the supreme court held that a husband’s duty to pay past due child support was precluded by him financially supporting the children in a shared household with his wife during the period at issue. (Id. at 290–91). Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Joseph Perry In Matter of Office of Public Advocacy, 514 P.3d 1281 (Alaska 2022), the supreme court held that when a party in a child custody case is represented by a pro bono volunteer attorney through Alaska Legal Services Corporation (ALSC), that attorney is “provided by a public Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Flora Lipsky In Notti v. Hoffman, 513 P.3d 245 (Alaska 2022), the supreme court held that “rape by fraud” wherein one person induces another to sex through fraudulent assurances is not an actionable tort claim. (Id. at 249). An estranged couple was in the process of divorcing when Continue Reading »
