STATE v. MICHELLE P.

Supreme Court Nos. S-16574/16594.

411 P.3d 576 (2018)

STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. MICHELLE P., Appellee, and Morris L., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Fox , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

William T. Montgomery , Assistant Public Advocate, Bethel, and Richard K. Allen , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Appellees and Cross-Appellant.

No appearance by Native Village of Tuluksak.

No appearance by Guardian Ad Litem.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Bolger, and Carney, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A court must have jurisdiction to rule on a case. The superior court dismissed a Child in Need of Aid (CINA) petition because it believed it no longer had jurisdiction over the case after the disposition order granting the Office of Children's Services (OCS) custody of the child had expired...

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