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O'BRIEN v. DELAPLAIN

Supreme Court No. S-18217.

556 P.3d 1170 (2024)

Laura J. O'BRIEN, Appellant, v. Francis X. DELAPLAIN, Kassandra Spencer, Kenneth M. O'Brien, Willis A. Ehlers, and Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 27, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Gerard van Tets, Van Tets Legal Services, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Notice of nonparticipation filed by Blake F. Quackenbush, Law Offices of Blake Fulton Quackenbush, Anchorage, for Appellees Francis X. Delaplain and Kassandra Spencer.

Notice of nonparticipation filed by Holly Handler, Juneau, for Appellee Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

No appearance by Appellees Kenneth M. O'Brien and Willis A. Ehlers.

Before: Maassen, Chief Justice, and Carney, Borghesan, Henderson, and Pate, Justices.

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Two years after leaving her children in the care of their uncle and aunt in Canada, a mother sought to have them returned to her in Juneau. The uncle and aunt opposed, arguing that it was in the children's best interests to remain with them. Simultaneous child custody proceedings commenced...

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