Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of Missy M.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 14, 2006No. S-11898PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The State of Alaska, Department of Health ánd Social Services, Office of Children’s Services (OCS) appeals the grant of petitions by R.D. and D.D. (the Donnes) to adopt minor children M.M. (Missy) and C.H. (Cameron). 1 The Donnes had previously been licensed by OCS as foster parents. But OCS had received substantiated reports of abuse occurring in the Donnes’ home and the Donnes relinquished their foster care license in 2004. OCS withheld its consent to the adoption based on these reports and the lapse of the license. The superior court found that OCS’s…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Guin v. HaAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Handley v. State, Department of RevenueAlaska Supreme Court · 1992
- Sontheimer v. PierceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Adoption of v. M. C.Alaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Turner v. PannickAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Osterkamp v. StilesAlaska Supreme Court · 2010
- In Re the Adoption of S.K.L.H.Alaska Supreme Court · 2009
- Yelena R. v. George R.Alaska Supreme Court · 2014
- Dara v. GishAlaska Supreme Court · 2017
- Harris v. GovernaleAlaska Supreme Court · 2013
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