Legal Opinion
A.M. v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 10, 1995No. S-5836PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRYNER, Justice Pro Tern.
A.M. appeals the termination of his parental rights to his two children, M.M. and S.M. We conclude that the superior court erred in finding that termination of A.M.’s parental rights was warranted by his physical abandonment of the children.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
This appeal arises from the termination of A.M.’s parental rights to his minor son, M.M., and his minor daughter, S.M. The children were born in 1987 and 1989 to A.M. and S.L.S. The children are Indian children within the meaning of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-23, 1951…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In Re Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights of BurnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- K.N. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1993
- A.B.M. v. M.H.Alaska Supreme Court · 1982
- E.J.S. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 1988
- D. M. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by40 opinions
- A.A. v. State, Department of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 1999
- E. A. v. State, Division of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2002
- D.M. v. State, Division of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2000
- N.A. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
- D.J. v. P.C.Alaska Supreme Court · 2001
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