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   State Courts - Alaska - September 8 - September 15, 2006

  
Forshee v. Forshee, Supreme Court No. S-11751, No. 6044, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, September 8, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Ample evidence supported the trial court's determination that former husband executed a quitclaim deed of out-of-state investment property to his brother in order to protect his share in the real estate from the threat of division. Former husband's decision appeared to have been either a willful waste of marital assets or a sham transaction.

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Ginn-Williams v. Williams, Supreme Court No. S-11927, No. 6043, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, September 8, 2006, Decided
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Overview: In child custody dispute, mother did not raise issue of father's alleged domestic violence until she moved for reconsideration, attempting to invoke Alaska Stat. § 25.24.150. Trial court did not err in refusing to reconsider custody agreement because mother failed to present evidence of changed circumstances affecting children's best interests.

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Watega v. Watega, Supreme Court No. S-11652, No. 6041, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, September 8, 2006, Decided
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Overview: In divorcing couple's dispute over home sale, trial court erred in ordering compelled sale because, while trial court did have authority to force sale over wife's objection, that authority was required to be exercised sparingly and only for pressing reasons.

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Young v. Embley, Supreme Court No. S-11584, No. 6042, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, September 8, 2006, Decided
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Overview: A junior lienholder had the right to cure a default under Alaska Stat. § 34.20.070(b) because the right to cure extended to persons outside of the obligor; therefore, a remand was necessary to determine if an equitable lien in certain property was shown.

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McCurdy v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-8809, No. 5114, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, September 13, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Trial court's conclusion that police would have inevitably discovered heroin delivered to defendant through predictable investigative processes was supported by the findings. It was apparent that, in every practical sense, police would have discovered heroin had defendant not pulled packet out from underneath refrigerator with the tip of his shoe.

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Rhoda W. v. State, Dep't of Health & Soc. Servs., Supreme Court No. S-12116, No. 1261, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, September 13, 2006, Decided
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Overview: In termination of mother's parental rights, superior court's findings were supported by evidence because, under recent changes to Alaska Stat. § 47.10.086, standard of proof changed and evidence presented was clear and convincing that State had made reasonable efforts to reunite mother and child.

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In re Stepovich, Supreme Court No. S-11967, Order No. 56, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, September 15, 2006, Decided
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Melendrez v. Melendrez, Supreme Court No. S-12198, No. 6045, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, September 15, 2006, Decided
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Overview: In modification of child custody, mother failed to show trial court abused discretion and clear error when superior court awarded custody of four children to their father because superior court made analysis of factors of children's best interests under Alaska Stat. § 25.24.150(c)(1)-(9).

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State v. Dague, Court of Appeals No. A-8914, No. 2062, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, September 15, 2006, Decided
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Overview: In a manslaughter case, the double jeopardy clause did not prohibit a second jury trial to address the aggravator under Alaska Stat. § 12.55.155(c)(5) as such a trial was not a second prosecution; further, the aggravating factor was not an element of defendant's crime for purposes of Alaska Const. art. I, § 8, requiring a jury trial under Blakely.

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