OFFICE OF PUB. ADVOCACY v. SUPERIOR COURT

Supreme Court No. S-17330.

462 P.3d 1000 (2020)

OFFICE OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olena Kalytiak Davis , Anchorage, for Petitioner. Dunnington Babb , Cashion Gilmore LLC, Anchorage, for Respondent. Renee McFarland , Assistant Public Defender, and Beth Goldstein , Acting Public Defender, Anchorage, for Public Defender Agency.

Maria Bahr , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Juneau, for Office of Children's Services.

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


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The primary issue in this child in need of aid (CINA) proceeding is whether a putative father's parentage may be judicially established by "sufficient evidence" presented to the superior court — or must be established by scientific, genetic testing — to allow appointment...

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