Legal Opinion
In re L.A.M.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 14, 1986No. S-1205PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Justice.
S.M. appeals from a superior court order terminating her parental rights to her daughter, L.A.M. Because we conclude that S.M. did not receive proper notice of the termination proceeding, as required by the Indian Child Welfare Act, we reverse the termination order.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
L.A.M., who is an Indian child within the meaning of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1963 (1982),1 was born in February 1984 to S.M. and T.M. In April the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) received reports of possible child abuse by the…
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