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We reversed the superior court’s first termination order * Entered under Alaska Appellate Rule 214. on grounds that the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) had failed to carry its burden of proving the son’s child in need of aid (CINA) status and OCS’s reasonable efforts toward reunification.
20 Μαΐ 2022 · A new federal class-action lawsuit filed against Alaska’s Office of Children’s Services asserts that the state is failing children in foster care. Lawyers for the 13 child plaintiffs claim the...
29 Σεπ 2023 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CN) — A federal judge advanced a putative class action brought by 14 foster children against Alaska’s Office of Children’s Services. Plaintiffs seek “wide-ranging reform” of Alaska’s foster care system, which plaintiffs claim is beset by structural issues that violate their federal statutory and constitutional rights.
23 Μαΐ 2022 · The directors of Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) and Office of a Children’s Services (OCS) face a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the state’s child welfare system has “long failed” those in foster care, in particular Alaska Native children.
Upon remand, the superior court convened in December 2020 and set a trial date for a second termination trial, providing sufficient time for OCS to properly notice its experts. OCS then provided timely notice of its expert witnesses and their opinions.
20 Μαΐ 2022 · Alaska’s child welfare system is failing, dangerous and routinely violates the rights of children, asserts a first-of-its-kind class-action lawsuit filed against the state Office of Children’s...
In 2012, NJP negotiated the settlement of a class action lawsuit which resulted in a substantial across-the-board increase in Alaska's foster care rates. NJP also won a case barring the OCS from unilaterally seizing foster parent’s monthly benefits.
