Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of F.H.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 14, 1993No. S-5044PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
The Native Village of Noatak (Noatak) and the State of Alaska, Division of Family and Youth Services (DFYS), opposed the adoption of F.H., an Indian child, by the Hartleys, a non-Indian couple. Superior Court Judge Elaine M. Andrews determined that F.H.’s case presented good cause to deviate from the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) adoptive placement preferences. Noatak and DFYS appeal this determination.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
F.H. was born on February 24, 1990. Her mother, E.P.D., had a blood alcohol level of about .275 at the time of birth. F.H.’s…
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