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CYNTHIA W. v. DEP'T OF HEALTH & SOC. SERVS.

Supreme Court No. S-17953.

497 P.3d 981 (2021)

CYNTHIA W., Appellant, v. State of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin Gillette , Assistant Public Defender, and Samantha Cherot , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Jessica M. Alloway , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Treg R. Taylor , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee. Nikole V. Schick , Assistant Public Advocate, Fairbanks, and James Stinson , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Before: Winfree, Chief Justice, Maassen, and Borghesan, Justices. [Carney, Justice, not participating.]

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

According to Alaska's child-in-need-of-aid laws, a child is presumed to be at substantial risk of sexual abuse (and therefore in need of aid) if the parent knowingly leaves the child with a person convicted of or under investigation for a sex...

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