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WENDELL C. II v. STATE, OCS

Nos. S-11601, S-11604.

118 P.3d 1 (2005)

WENDELL C. II, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, OCS, Appellee. Vanessa G., Appellant, v. State of Alaska, OCS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 29, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Lewis, Lewis & Thomas, P.C., Nome, for Appellant Wendell C. II.

William B. Oberly, the Law Offices of William B. Oberly, Anchorage, for Appellant Vanessa G.

Jeffrey P. Stark, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Scott J. Nordstrand, Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: BRYNER, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, FABE, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The issue in these appeals is whether the superior court improperly considered social science research outside the record in terminating Wendell C.'s and Vanessa G.'s parental rights to their four youngest children.1 We conclude that the superior court's consideration of the studies did no harm because there is no reasonable likelihood that exclusion of the studies would...

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