Alaska Supreme Court June 15, 2012, No. S-13787 (In re the Protective Proceedings of M.K.)

OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

MK. is a 34-year-old mentally ill Alaska Native woman who lives in a rural village.1 In 1999, when M.K. was 22, her father AK. sexually assaulted her. MK. reported the crime to police, but soon changed her story and AK. was not tried at that time. AK.