TED W. v. STATE, DHSS, OCS

No. S-13130.

204 P.3d 333 (2009)

TED W., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dianne Olsen, Law Office of Dianne Olsen, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Michael G. Hotchkin, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.

Angela Greene, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Mother.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal arises from the superior court's decision to allow a mother to revoke the Indian custodian status for her child's father, whose own parental rights to the child had already been terminated. The father's status as the child's Indian custodian under the Indian Child Welfare Act was based solely on the mother's temporary transfer of physical...

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