Molly O., Appellant v. State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Molly's request to intervene in the child-in-need-of-aid proceeding. It held that the parents revoked Molly's Indian custodianship when they informed OCS that they opposed placement with her, and that OCS's failure to provide notice of her ICWA rights was harmless because the custodianship ended six days after removal. Justice Bolger, dissenting, would have found the notice and appointment-of-counsel failures potentially consequential and not harmless.