Dobrova v. State, Department of Revenue, Child Support Services Division

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Shaban Dobrova was ordered to pay child support for his daughter. He appealed the child-support order to the superior court, which remanded the case to the administrative law judge for further findings and a new order. A new child-support order was issued on remand, but Dobrova failed to appeal within the thirty-day period allowed by Alaska law. About five months after the order on remand was issued, Dobrova filed a motion asking the superior court to accept a late appeal from the order on remand. The motion suggested that Dobrova's former attorney had…