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HERNANDEZ v. LAMBERT

No. S-7690.

951 P.2d 436 (1998)

Larry HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. Louise LAMBERT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fleur L. Roberts, Law Offices of Fleur L. Roberts, Fairbanks, for Appellant.

Christine A. McLeod, Andrew Harrington, and Robert K. Hickerson, Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Fairbanks, for Appellee.

Mark Andrews and Michael Walleri, for Amicus Curiae Tanana Chiefs Conference.

Lloyd Benton Miller, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, for Amicus Curiae Native Village of Tanana.

Heather R. Kendall, Native American Rights Fund, for Amicus Curiae Alaska Inter-Tribal Counsel.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, FABE and BRYNER, JJ.

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

At issue here is the timeliness of a superior court paternity action that conflicted with an adoption order issued by an Alaska tribal court five years previously. The superior court ruled that the tribal order was valid, that its issuance triggered Alaska's one-year time limit on challenges to adoption decrees, and that the paternity action was therefore time-barred. We agree that...

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