Alaska Supreme Court
Erin I. v. Department of Family & Community Services, Office of Children's Services
July 17, 20262026 WL 2067122
Summary
The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed termination of Erin's parental rights to Kameron, an Indian child, based on her failure to protect him from repeated domestic violence in the home. The court held that substantial risk of mental injury from exposure to domestic violence supported the child-in-need-of-aid finding, and that the evidence supported the findings regarding active efforts, failure to remedy, likely serious harm, and best interests. The court also clarified that qualifying misdemeanor domestic-violence conduct can support a child-in-need-of-aid finding under AS 47.10.011(8)(B)(ii).