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NATIVE VILLAGE OF KWINHAGAK v. DHSS, OCS

Supreme Court No. S-18481.

542 P.3d 1099 (2024)

NATIVE VILLAGE OF KWINHAGAK, Appellant, v. State of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES; Mira J.; and Elaine G., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 9, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pearl E. Pickett , Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Anchorage, for Appellant. Laura Fox , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Treg R. Taylor , Attorney General, Juneau, for State of Alaska. Katie Stephenson , Assistant Public Advocate, and James Stinson , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Mira J. Justin Gillette , Assistant Public Defender, and Samantha Cherot , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Elaine G.

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

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

This case is about the legal process that applies when the Office of Children's Services (OCS) seeks to admit a child in its custody to the hospital for psychiatric care. The teenaged child at the center of this case was hospitalized continuously for 46 days — first at a local...

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