(a) At the time a petition for adoption is filed with the court, the agency or individual placing the person for adoption, or the petitioner, shall file with the court, for release to the state registrar of vital statistics, the following information, or an explanation of its unavailability, on forms provided by the department:
(1) the address of each parent named on the original birth certificate; and
(2) background information required under AS 18.50.510.
(b) Upon entry of a decree of adoption, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the Bureau of Vital Statistics the information provided under (a) of this section. The bureau shall attach the information to the original birth certificate of the adopted person.
(c) A child adoption agency licensed under former AS 47.35 and a child placement agency licensed under AS 47.32 shall maintain records of the information required to be furnished to the court under this section or under regulations of the commissioner implementing this section. If a child adoption agency or child placement agency ceases to place persons for adoption, it shall transfer its records to the commissioner.
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.