Legal Opinion

Jon S. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided July 31, 2009No. S-13257PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A father challenges a superior court order finding his daughter, an Indian child under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), to be a child in need of aid and terminating his parental rights. We conclude that the record contains sufficient evidence to support the superior court's findings that: (1) the daughter was a child in need of aid; (2) the father failed to remedy the conduct or conditions placing her at harm; (8) the state met its active efforts burden; (4) returning the daughter to the father would beyond a reasonable doubt be likely to cause her…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. A.A. v. State, Department of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 1999
  2. E. A. v. State, Division of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Maisy W. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2008
  4. L.G. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Brynna B. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Barbara P. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Christina J. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2011
  3. Dale H. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Thea G. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Philip J. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2013

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