Alyssa B. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Family & Youth Services

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Alyssa B. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her daughter, Jaclyn. 1 Alyssa contends that the superior court violated her due process rights by conducting the termination trial in her absence and terminating her parental rights because she was mentally ill. Alyssa also raises various other challenges to both the termination proceedings and her preceding adjudication proceedings. Because we conclude that Alyssa's due process rights were not violated when the termination trial was held without her, and because the superior court's…