Alaska Statutes
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
Chapter 23. Adoption

Sec. 25.23.005. Construction of chapter; rights of persons affected by adoption. - This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that...

Sec. 25.23.010. Who may be adopted. - Any person may be adopted.

Sec. 25.23.020. Who may adopt. - (a) The following persons may adopt: (1) a husband and...

Sec. 25.23.030. Venue. - (a) Proceedings for adoption shall be brought in the superior...

Sec. 25.23.040. Persons required to consent to adoption. - (a) Unless consent is not required under AS 25.23.050, a...

Sec. 25.23.050. Persons as to whom consent and notice not required. - (a) Consent to adoption is not required of (1) for...

Sec. 25.23.060. Execution of consent; consent as power of attorney. - (a) The required consent to adoption shall be executed at...

Sec. 25.23.070. Withdrawal of consent. - (a) A consent to adoption may not be withdrawn after...

Sec. 25.23.080. Petition for adoption. - (a) The caption of a petition for adoption shall be...

Sec. 25.23.090. Report of petitioner's expenditures. - (a) Except as specified in (b) of this section, the...

Sec. 25.23.100. Notice of petition, investigation, and hearing. - (a) After the filing of a petition to adopt a...

Sec. 25.23.110. Required residence of minor. - A final decree of adoption may not be issued until...

Sec. 25.23.120. Hearing. - (a) The presence of the petitioner and the person to...

Sec. 25.23.125. Preference of minor to be adopted; guardian ad litem; protective orders. - (a) If the person to be adopted is a minor...

Sec. 25.23.127. Adult family member preference to adopt. - Taking into consideration a child's stated preference under AS 25.23.125(a)...

Sec. 25.23.130. Effect of adoption decree; effect of termination of parental rights. - (a) A final decree of adoption, whether issued by a...

Sec. 25.23.140. Appeal and validation of adoption decree. - (a) An appeal from any final order or decree rendered...

Sec. 25.23.150. Confidential nature of hearings and records in adoption proceedings. - (a) All hearings held in proceedings under this chapter shall...

Sec. 25.23.160. Recognition of foreign decree affecting adoption. - A decree of court terminating the relationship of parent and...

Sec. 25.23.170. Applications for birth certificates. - Within 30 days after an adoption decree becomes final, the...

Sec. 25.23.173. Indian child adoption reports. - After entering a final decree or order in an Indian...

Sec. 25.23.175. Findings concerning persons born outside the United States. - In the case of the adoption of a person born...

Sec. 25.23.180. Relinquishment and termination of parent and child relationships. - (a) The rights of a parent with reference to a...

Sec. 25.23.185. Records and information. - (a) At the time a petition for adoption is filed...

Sec. 25.23.190. Subsidy for hard-to-place child. - A hard-to-place child in the permanent custody of the department...

Sec. 25.23.200. Investigation of home for subsidized hard-to-place child. - Persons who are caring for a hard-to-place child on a...

Sec. 25.23.210. Amount and duration of subsidy payments. - (a) The department may adopt regulations to set the amount...

Sec. 25.23.230. Regulations. - The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions...

Sec. 25.23.240. Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “adult”...