A.A. v. State, Department of Family & Youth Services

*258 OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Upon reversal of his murder conviction, A.A. moved to postpone the hearing on the Department of Family & Youth Services’s petition to terminate his parental rights with respect to his son, I.K. The superior court denied A.A.’s request out of concern that a lengthy delay of the termination proceedings would negatively affect I.K.’s best interests. A.A. appeals the superior court’s decision to terminate his parental rights, arguing that he had a right to a continuance and that the State failed to make “active efforts” as required by the Indian Child Welfare…