ROY S. v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

No. S-14377.

278 P.3d 886 (2012)

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

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olena Kalytiak Davis , Anchorage, for Appellant.

Michael G. Hotchkin , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and John J. Burns , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Anita Alves , Assistant Public Advocate, and Richard Allen , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Guardian ad Litem.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

1. Jade is the biological daughter of Roy and Sheila.1 Jade is an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).2 Roy and Sheila have two older children and Sheila has a daughter from a previous relationship. Between 1998 and 2007, the Office of Children's Services (OCS) received at least 12 reports of drug abuse and child neglect in the family. Before Jade...

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