Oliver N. v. State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services, Lisa B. V…

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court held that the 2016 BIA regulations materially changed the qualifications required of expert witnesses in Indian Child Welfare Act termination cases, and that the experts in Oliver N. and Lisa B. were not qualified under those regulations, so the lower courts' termination orders were reversed and remanded for further proceedings.