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MATTER OF APRIL S.

Supreme Court No. S-17269.

499 P.3d 1011 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the Necessity for the Hospitalization of APRIL S.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 10, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel E. Cella , Assistant Public Defender, and Samantha Cherot , Public Defender, Anchorage, for April S.

Laura Fox , Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Laura Emily Wolff , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Juneau, for State of Alaska.

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

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A minor in the custody of the Office of Children's Services (OCS) was brought to a hospital for mental health treatment. A hospital social worker then petitioned the superior court to have the minor involuntarily hospitalized at a psychiatric facility for a mental health evaluation. The...

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