Opinion ID: 2341803
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Heading: August 2008 Release And OCS Meetings

Text: On August 7, 2008, David was released to his sister's residence. David visited with the children for one hour on August 12, and OCS reported that the visit went well. Later that day, Karpstein met with David at OCS offices. Karpstein collected biographical information on David, and David discussed his drug use. Karpstein scheduled monthly checkup meetings with David and talked about the possibility of updating the case plan to include weekly visitation with the children and drug screenings. A new plan was not actually adopted, but Karpstein testified that [David] and I did speak about what needed to be done. OCS scheduled two hour-long visits per week with Hannah. David largely attended these visits, making it to 28 of the 33 visits offered him. On August 21, 2008, Karpstein drafted a letter in support of David's attempt to secure housing. David was nevertheless unable to obtain independent housing and continued to live with his sister Violet. In September 2008 Karpstein contacted a Tlingit and Haida official to see if David could attend one of their classes on families, but David was unable to attend due to work. He was employed as a cook at a university cafeteria. David was present at the September 18 case review, held six months after OCS custody began. After the meeting ended, Karpstein spoke with David about his parenting issues. OCS personnel told David that three months later they would be holding a planning conference to discuss whether the goal should remain reunification or whether it should be changed to termination. Karpstein next met with David on October 6, 2008 and discussed David's inability to obtain independent housing. David stated that he was attending narcotics anonymous classes, and Karpstein gave him a sheet to have signed to prove his attendance at these meetings. On November 3, 2008, David tested positive for methamphetamine on a urine analysis test administered as part of his parole supervision. David confessed to having used methamphetamine but was not remanded to prison. Instead, a curfew was imposed, and David was subjected to more frequent urine analysis tests. OCS paid for a substance abuse assessment at Rainforest Recovery Center. Karpstein attempted to call David on November 19, 2008 about setting up another meeting, but was unable to reach him until November 24. They set up a meeting for November 28, 2008, at which David admitted to relapsing. He also stated that he had been fired from his job. He claimed that he was attending NA meetings but did not produce the attendance sheet Karpstein had given him. Karpstein and David scheduled another meeting for December 19, 2008. David did not show up for that meeting. In December 2008 David reported to his parole officer that Diane was pregnant, and on December 16 David told his parole officer that Diane needed to travel out of town and asked for permission to go with her. [3] This permission was denied, but David nevertheless accompanied Diane on her travel. On December 22 Karpstein encountered David at the Juneau airport. She observed David and Diane exiting a plane that had originated in Seattle and had stopped in Sitka and Ketchikan. She did not attempt to speak to David, but observed him and Diane board a plane bound for Anchorage.