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PENN P. v. DEP'T OF HEALTH & SOC. SERVICES

Supreme Court No. S-18220. No. 7638.

522 P.3d 659 (2023)

PENN P. Jr., Appellant, v. State of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 6, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee McFarland , Assistant Public Defender, and Samantha Cherot , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Mary Ann Lundquist , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Fairbanks, and Treg R. Taylor , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee Office of Children's Services.

Laura Hartz , Assistant Public Advocate, and James Stinson , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem.

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

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The Office of Children's Services (OCS) took custody of a newborn child due to concerns about the parents' drug use and the father's history of sexual abuse. The mother later voluntarily relinquished her parental rights, and the superior court terminated the father's rights following...

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