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ROSALIND M. v. DEP'T OF FAMILY & COMMUNITY

Supreme Court No. S-18683.

555 P.3d 505 (2024)

ROSALIND M., Intervenor-Appellant, v. State of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES; and Ingrid A. (Mother); Appellees, and Togiak Traditional Council, Intervenor-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 6, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl L. Jones, Law Office of Darryl L. Jones, Palmer, for Appellants. Robert Kutchin, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Treg Taylor, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.

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

Ingrid A. Rebecca Patterson and Chloe Cotton, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman, LLP, Anchorage, for Intervenor-Appellee Togiak Traditional Council.

Before: Carney, Borghesan, Henderson, and Pate, Justices. [Maassen, Chief Justice, not participating.]

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), an Indian child's tribe may petition to transfer certain child custody proceedings in superior court to the tribe's jurisdiction. The superior court may deny transfer of jurisdiction only if a parent objects or for

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