V.F. v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a parent has a due process right to effective assistance of counsel in a proceeding for termination of parental rights
• holding that an indigent parent has a constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel in a proceeding to terminate parental rights
• holding because right to counsel is constitutionally guaranteed in parental termination proceeding, effective assistance of counsel is also constitutionally required
• recognizing right to counsel in termination proceedings under Alaska Constitution
• recognizing right to counsel in termination proceedings under Alaska Constitution
• applying Alaska's criminal standard for ineffective assistance of counsel as announced in Risher v. State, 523 P.2d 421, 425 (Alaska 1974)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services v. B.R.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2007-07-25· cited 112×
• D.M. v. State, Division of Family & Youth Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2000-01-14· cited 105×
• In re A.S.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2004-03-16· cited 98×
• In Re Adoption of T.M.F.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-30· cited 77×
• Chloe v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2014-11-07· cited 72×
• Matter of K.L.J.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-06-14· cited 57×
• S.B. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Family & Youth Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2002-12-27· cited 51×
• In re A.S.A.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-05-06· cited 41×
• Annas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-10-10· cited 34×
• Ortberg v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-03-18· cited 34×
• Midgett v. Cook Inlet Pre-Trial Facility
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2002-08-30· cited 34×
• Richard B. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Family & Youth Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-06-13· cited 32×
• STANLEY B. v. State, DFYS
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-06-04· cited 32×
• In Re Rgb
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2010-04-01· cited 26×
• Langfeldt-Haaland v. Saupe Enterprises, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1989-02-17· cited 22×
• State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Geist
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1989-06-14· cited 21×
• In Re Welfare of GE
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-04-01· cited 21×
• Grace L. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2014-07-18· cited 19×
• In re the Welfare of G.E.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-04-01· cited 19×
• Resek v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-10-15· cited 17×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McMann v. Richardson
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 5,113×
• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1981-08-28· cited 3,458×
• Morris v. Slappy
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 1,843×
• Reece v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1956-01-09· cited 260×
• Risher v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-06-17· cited 148×
• Cleaver v. Wilcox
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-06-07· cited 73×
• Coleman v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-10-10· cited 71×
• Flores v. Flores
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-07-13· cited 63×
• Otton v. Zaborac
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-08-19· cited 60×
• Crews v. HOUSTON CTY. DEPT. OF PENSIONS & SEC.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1978-03-08· cited 44×
• Reynolds v. Kimmons
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-10-07· cited 42×
• Gaona v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-07-09· cited 23×

Other cases named V.F. v. State

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• VF v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-06-17· cited 3×
• V.F. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-08-01