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Jeff AC, Jr. v. State

Citations

  • 117 P.3d 697
  • 2005 Alas. LEXIS 103
  • 2005 WL 1654328

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that termination of parental rights can be based on conduct that was not basis for adjudication
  • noting that \the state's efforts in this case to reunite Jeff with Jasmine were reasonably calibrated to the interest in parenting demonstrated by Jeff\
  • stating that OCS took custody in February 2001, 'State petitioned to terminate parental rights in March 2002, and termination trial began i m March 2003
  • stating that we generally agree with the proposition that a parent cannot abandon a person or relationship the parent does not know exists
  • finding that a father did not have an absolute right to participation in a CINA adjudication prior to termination because the focus was the child
  • finding that father had abandoned his child when he made no effort to determine whether he had fathered the child, and once informed that he was the parent, expressed no desire to assume parental responsibility for one year thereafter

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Judges: Bryner, Eastaugh, Fabe, Carpeneti, Matthews

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