DOE v. STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH & SOC. SERVS.

No. S-14310.

272 P.3d 1014 (2012)

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

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olena Kalytiak Davis , Anchorage, for appellant.

Megan R. Webb , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and John J. Burns , Attorney General, Juneau, for appellee.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, CHRISTEN, and STOWERS, Justices.


OPINION

CHRISTEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Bethel Superior Court entered an order terminating an incarcerated father's parental rights to three of his five children. The father appeals, arguing that the superior court erred by finding that the State made active efforts to prevent the breakup of his family and finding that it was in the children's best interests for his parental rights to be terminated. Because the superior court's active...

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