In the Matter of Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault — Stowers, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Stowers dissented from the majority's conclusion that the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault qualified as a public agency for purposes of appointing counsel to an indigent parent in a custody case. The dissent accepted that existing precedent required appointment when the opposing parent was represented by the Alaska Legal Services Corporation, but argued that the precedent did not justify extending that rule to a different private nonprofit organization. Justice Stowers maintained that any broader policy should be adopted by the legislature.