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MATTER OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY

Supreme Court No. S-17855.

514 P.3d 1281 (2022)

In the MATTER OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, Regarding appointment ordered in Smith v. Smith, Superior Court No. 4BE-19-00403 CI.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 12, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Russo , Deputy Director, Assistant Public Advocate, Office of Public Advocacy, and James E. Stinson , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Petitioner.

Samuel J. Fortier , Fortier & Mikko, PC, Anchorage, for Respondent Fannie Berezkin f/k/a Fannie Smith.

No appearance by Respondent Harold Smith.

Sydney Tarzwell , Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae Alaska Legal Services Corporation.

Before: Winfree, Chief Justice, Maassen, Carney, Borghesan, and Henderson, Justices.

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

We granted the Office of Public Advocacy's (OPA) petition for review on the question whether counsel provided through Alaska Legal Service Corporation's (ALSC) pro bono program is counsel "provided by a public agency" within the meaning of Flores v. Flores1

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