In Re the Appeal in Navajo County Juvenile Action No. JA-691

I respectfully dissent.

The economic chaos which caused this mother to exhaust all of her options for child care and which finally caused the emotional duress leading to placement of her children with the state for adoption is starkly apparent from this record. Furthermore, the actions of the respondent and its counsel are less than admirable. The right to direct the up-bringing of one’s children “is one of the most basic of all civil liberties.” Flores v. Flores, 598 P.2d 893, 895 (Alaska 1979). The right to the care, custody, companionship, and control of one’s children “undeniably warrants…