Legal Opinion
Michael W. v. Brown
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 2, 2018No. 7312 S-16662PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAASSEN, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The superior court appointed a child's grandparents as his guardians after finding that the father's parental rights of custody had been suspended by circumstances because it would be detrimental to the child's welfare to remove the child from the grandparents' care. The father appeals.
We conclude that the phrase "suspended by circumstances" in the guardianship statute, *1107 AS 13.26.132, is properly focused on the parent's ability to accept the rights and responsibilities of parenthood rather than on the child's welfare. Because the superior court found that the…
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