MATTER OF H.C.

No. S-7643.

956 P.2d 477 (1998)

In the Matter of H.C., A Minor Under the Age of Eighteen (18) Years, D.K., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas K. Rickey, Furlong & Rickey, Juneau, for Appellant.

Jan A. Rutherdale, Assistant Attorney General, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

D.K. and R.C., respectively the father and mother of H.C., lived together for eight months with R.C.'s four-year-old son, M.C. Five months after the relationship ended, and R.C. moved out, she gave birth to H.C. Until H.C. was one year old, R.C. had sole custody of H.C.; she denied D.K.'s paternity. At that time, D.K. obtained a court declaration that he was H.C.'s father. Three days prior...

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