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MATTER OF T.P.

No. S-4488.

838 P.2d 1236 (1992)

In the Matter of T.P., A Minor Under the Age of Eighteen (18) Years. L.P., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. Geddes and Susan Orlansky, Asst. Public Defenders, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Richard P. Sullivan, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Barbara Malchick, Office of Public Advocacy, Anchorage, Guardian ad litem.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

In this CINA appeal, L.P. challenges the trial court's ruling that his daughter, T.P., is a "child in need of aid." He maintains that the trial court erred in admitting his daughter's hearsay statements under Alaska Rule of Evidence 804(b)(5), arguing that T.P. was not "unavailable" and that her statements lacked the necessary guarantees of trustworthiness. He also claims that the trial...

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