Legal Opinion

Dara S. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided September 7, 2018No. 7288 S-16126/S-16526/S-16527PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

We frequently review parental rights termination decisions. But the appeals before us present not only the review of a termination decision, which we affirm, but also the review *978 of a unique parental rights reinstatement decision. This secondary aspect of our review causes us to revisit and expound on issues arising from Rita T. v. State , 1 in which we held that a parent whose parental rights have been terminated retains the right, upon a showing of good cause, to request a review hearing, during which the parent may seek to set aside a termination order and…

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2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. E. A. v. State, Division of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Maisy W. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2008
  3. D.M. v. State, Division of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Barbara P. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Brynna B. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In the Matter of the Estate of Alexina RodmanAlaska Supreme Court · 2021
  2. State of Alaska, DHSS, OCS v. Zander B & Kelly B. (Foster Parents)Alaska Supreme Court · 2020
  3. Dara S. (Mother) v. State of Alaska, DHSS, OCS, State of Alaska, Office of Public Advocacy, GAL v. Dara S. (Mother), State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services v. Dara S.Alaska Supreme Court · 2020
  4. Tara R. v. State of Alaska, DFCS, OCS, State of Alaska, DFCS, OCS v. C.B. & M.B., Dan J. v. State of Alaska, DFCS, OCSAlaska Supreme Court · 2024
  5. In Re Meeker Revocable Trust U/A/D July 15, 2014Alaska Supreme Court · 2026

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