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IN RE M.K.

No. S-13787.

278 P.3d 876 (2012)

In the Matter of the Protective Proceedings of M.K.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Faith , Dillingham, for M.K., Appellant.

Laura C. Bottger , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Daniel S. Sullivan , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services.

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

OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

M.K. is a 34-year-old mentally ill Alaska Native woman who lives in a rural village.1 In 1999, when M.K. was 22, her father A.K. sexually assaulted her. M.K. reported the crime to police, but soon changed her story and A.K. was not tried at that time. A.K. continued to live with the family for four years until advances in DNA evidence led to his case being reopened, and...

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