REED S. v. DEP'T OF HEALTH & SOC. SERVICES

Supreme Court Nos. S-18123/18133 (Consolidated). No. 7637.

522 P.3d 182 (2022)

REED S., Appellant, v. State of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Appellee. Makenna S., Appellant, v. State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Horowitz , Kingsley, Michigan, for Appellant Reed S.

George W. P. Madeira , Assistant Public Defender, and Samantha Cherot , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant Makenna S.

Mary Ann Lundquist , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Fairbanks, 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, Carney, Borghesan, and Henderson, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A child was severely injured while in his father's care. The father did not immediately seek medical help and gave conflicting explanations of how his son's injury occurred. The superior court found probable cause to believe that the child was in need of aid, limited the father's contact...

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