CHRISTOPHER C. v. STATE

Nos. S-14892, S-14894.

303 P.3d 465 (2013)

CHRISTOPHER C., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services, Appellee. Therese C., Appellant, v. State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olena Kalytiak Davis , Anchorage, for Appellant Christopher C.

Elizabeth Leduc and Rachel Cella , Assistant Public Defenders, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant Therese C.

Megan R. Webb , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee, State of Alaska.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court terminated the parental rights of Christopher and Therese C. to four of their children.1 In doing so the court relied primarily on evidence that neither Christopher nor Therese had acquired the basic skills necessary to safely parent their children, despite more than a year of parenting training facilitated by the Alaska Department of Health & Social...

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