SHERMAN B. v. STATE

No. S-14957.

310 P.3d 943 (2013)

SHERMAN B., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, Office Of Children's Services, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenda J. Kerry , Law Office of Glenda J. Kerry, Girdwood, for Appellant.

Julia B. Bockmon , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Lisa Wilson , Assistant Public Advocate, and Richard Allen , Public Advocate, Anchorage, Guardian Ad Litem.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The subject of this appeal is the termination of Sherman B.'s parental rights to his son Kadin M.1 The Office of Children's Services (OCS) took Kadin into custody soon after his birth because he and his mother, Amy M., both tested positive for cocaine, and because of concerns about both parents' ability to care for the child. OCS had already been involved with Sherman...

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