JENSEN D. v. STATE, DHSS

Supreme Court No. S-16774.

424 P.3d 385 (2018)

JENSEN D., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, Office of Children's Services, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

August J. Petropulos , Juneau, for Appellant.

Aisha Tinker Bray , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Carol L. Jacoby , Assistant Public Advocate, Fairbanks, and Chad Holt , Public Advocate, Anchorage, Guardian Ad Litem.

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


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A mother appeals the superior court's decision to terminate her parental rights to her seven-year-old daughter. The mother moved to represent herself in the middle of trial; on appeal she contends that the superior court abused its discretion when it denied her request on grounds that...

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