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Sec. 47.10.005. Construction. - The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to...
Sec. 47.10.010. Jurisdiction; guardians and attorneys; support. - (a) Proceedings relating to a child under 18 years of...
Sec. 47.10.011. Children in need of aid. - Subject to AS 47.10.019, the court may find a child...
Sec. 47.10.013. Abandonment. - (a) For purposes of this chapter, the court may find...
Sec. 47.10.014. Neglect. - For purposes of this chapter, the court may find neglect...
Sec. 47.10.015. Physical harm. - For the purposes of this chapter, the court may find...
Sec. 47.10.019. Limitations on determinations. - Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the court may not...
Sec. 47.10.020. Investigation and petition. - (a) Whenever circumstances subject a child to the jurisdiction of...
Sec. 47.10.030. Summons and custody of minor. - (a) After a petition is filed and after further investigation...
Sec. 47.10.050. Appointment of guardian ad litem or attorney. - (a) Whenever in the course of proceedings instituted under this...
Sec. 47.10.070. Hearings. - (a) The court may conduct the hearing on the petition...
Sec. 47.10.080. Judgments and orders. - (a) An adjudication hearing shall be completed within 120 days...
Sec. 47.10.081. Predisposition hearing reports. - (a) [Repealed, ยง 55 ch 59 SLA 1996.] (b) Before...
Sec. 47.10.082. Health and safety of child and other considerations. - In making its dispositional order under AS 47.10.080(c), the court...
Sec. 47.10.083. Review of orders, requests for extensions. - In a review under AS 47.10.080(f) and in a hearing...
Sec. 47.10.084. Legal custody, guardianship, and residual parental rights and responsibilities. - (a) When a child is committed under AS 47.10.080(c)(1) to...
Sec. 47.10.085. Medical treatment by religious means. - In a case in which the minor's status as a...
Sec. 47.10.086. Reasonable efforts. - (a) Except as provided in (b), (c), and (g) of...
Sec. 47.10.087. Placement in secure residential psychiatric treatment centers. - (a) The court may authorize the department to place a...
Sec. 47.10.088. Involuntary termination of parental rights and responsibilities. - (a) Except as provided in AS 47.10.080(o), the rights and...
Sec. 47.10.089. Voluntary relinquishment of parental rights and responsibilities. - (a) When a child is committed to the custody of...
Sec. 47.10.090. Court records. - (a) The court shall make and keep records of all...
Sec. 47.10.092. Disclosure to certain public officials and employees. - (a) Notwithstanding AS 47.10.090 and 47.10.093, a parent or legal...
Sec. 47.10.093. Disclosure of agency records. - (a) Except as permitted in AS 47.10.092, (b) - (g)...
Sec. 47.10.098. Grievance procedure. - (a) The department shall develop, in regulation, a grievance procedure...
Sec. 47.10.100. Retention of jurisdiction over child. - (a) The court retains jurisdiction over the case and may...
Sec. 47.10.110. Appointment of guardian or custodian. - When, in the course of a proceeding under this chapter,...
Sec. 47.10.111. Petition for adoption or guardianship of a child in state custody. - (a) Except as provided under AS 13.26.137(b)(2) and AS 25.23.030(d)(2),...
Sec. 47.10.112. Proxy for a formal petition for adoption or legal guardianship. - (a) A person seeking the immediate permanent placement of a...
Sec. 47.10.113. Civil custody proceedings. - (a) Except as provided in AS 25.24.150(a), a court shall...
Sec. 47.10.115. Permanent fund dividend. - (a) The department shall annually apply for a permanent fund...
Sec. 47.10.120. Support of child. - (a) When a child in need of aid is committed...
Sec. 47.10.141. Runaway and missing minors. - (a) Upon receiving a written, telephonic, or other request to...
Sec. 47.10.142. Emergency custody and temporary placement hearing. - (a) The Department of Family and Community Services may take...