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American Indian and Alaska Native children twice as likely to live with grandparents

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A new analysis of American Community Survey (ACS) data from 2018 to 2022 finds that a sizeable share (23.3%) of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children under age 18 lived with a grandparent, or nearly twice the percentage among all U.S. children (12.4%). Among AIAN children who lived with a grandparent, the majority also … Read more

Molly O. v. State, Dep’t of Health and Social Services, Office of Children’s Services, March 14, 2014, (Alaska)

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Synopsis provided by Westlaw: Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Children’s Services (OCS), took emergency custody of three children and petitioned to terminate mother’s parental rights. The Superior Court, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Douglas Blankenship, J., denied mother’s motion to join grandmother, and grandmother’s motion to intervene as the children’s Indian custodian. Grandmother … Read more