HANNAH B. v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERV.

No. S-14565.

289 P.3d 924 (2012)

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

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie K. Allard , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Megan R. Webb , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to her young son. The mother has a long history of substance abuse and relinquished parental rights to her older daughter in 2008 because she was unable to care for her. During the 18 months following the child's removal, the mother continued to abuse drugs until she was incarcerated. At that point, she entered an intensive residential substance...

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