(a) The following persons may adopt:
(1) a husband and wife together;
(2) an unmarried adult;
(3) the unmarried father or mother of the person to be adopted;
(4) a married person without the other spouse joining as a petitioner, if the person to be adopted is not the other spouse, and if
(A) the other spouse is a parent of the person to be adopted and consents to the adoption;
(B) the petitioner and the other spouse are legally separated;
(C) the person to be adopted is an adult and the other spouse consents to the adoption; or
(D) the failure of the other spouse to join in the petition or to agree to the adoption is excused by the court by reason of prolonged unexplained absence, unavailability, incapacity, or circumstances constituting an unreasonable withholding of consent.
(b) Nothing in this section affects legitimation under AS 25.20.050.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
Sec. 25.23.005. Construction of chapter; rights of persons affected by adoption.
Sec. 25.23.010. Who may be adopted.
Sec. 25.23.020. Who may adopt.
Sec. 25.23.040. Persons required to consent to adoption.
Sec. 25.23.050. Persons as to whom consent and notice not required.
Sec. 25.23.060. Execution of consent; consent as power of attorney.
Sec. 25.23.070. Withdrawal of consent.
Sec. 25.23.080. Petition for adoption.
Sec. 25.23.090. Report of petitioner's expenditures.
Sec. 25.23.100. Notice of petition, investigation, and hearing.
Sec. 25.23.110. Required residence of minor.
Sec. 25.23.125. Preference of minor to be adopted; guardian ad litem; protective orders.
Sec. 25.23.127. Adult family member preference to adopt.
Sec. 25.23.130. Effect of adoption decree; effect of termination of parental rights.
Sec. 25.23.140. Appeal and validation of adoption decree.
Sec. 25.23.150. Confidential nature of hearings and records in adoption proceedings.
Sec. 25.23.160. Recognition of foreign decree affecting adoption.
Sec. 25.23.170. Applications for birth certificates.
Sec. 25.23.173. Indian child adoption reports.
Sec. 25.23.175. Findings concerning persons born outside the United States.
Sec. 25.23.180. Relinquishment and termination of parent and child relationships.
Sec. 25.23.185. Records and information.
Sec. 25.23.190. Subsidy for hard-to-place child.
Sec. 25.23.200. Investigation of home for subsidized hard-to-place child.