PAULA E. v. STATE, OCS

No. S-14247.

276 P.3d 422 (2012)

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

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melanie Baca Osborne and Kirsten M. Kinegak-Friday , Stoel Rives LLP, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Megan R. Webb , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and John J. Burns , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee. Dianne Olsen , Law Office of Dianne Olsen, Anchorage, for Guardian ad Litem.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal arises from a Child In Need of Aid (CINA) case involving four Indian children who were removed from their parents' care due to substance abuse and domestic violence. The children were placed with their maternal grandmother, who claims that the Office of Children's Services (OCS) permanently removed the children and placed them with a non-Native foster family while she was away in Montana caring...

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