In the Matter of Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
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The Supreme Court granted the Office of Public Advocacy's petition for review on the limited question whether the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault qualified as a "public agency" within the meaning of "Flores v. Flores" (AS 44.21.410(a)(4)) such that the Office of Public Advocacy is required to provide representation to an indigent party in a child custody dispute in which the other party is represented by the Network. Because the Court maintained that from its holding in "Flores" that it would be fundamentally unfair in the specific context of child custody disputes to allow public funding to support one party but not that party’s indigent opponent, the Court found that the Network qualifies as a public agency for purposes of AS 44.21.410(a)(4).
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