Alaska Statutes Title 25, Chapter 25.23 - Adoption

• Sec. 25.23.005 Construction of Chapter; Rights of Persons Affected by Adoption.
  This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the best interests of adopted children are promoted. Due regard shall be given to...
• 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 wife together;(2) an unmarried adult;(3) the unmarried father or mother of the person to be...
• Sec. 25.23.030 Venue.
  (a) Proceedings for adoption shall be brought in the superior court for the district in which, at the time of filing or granting the...
• Sec. 25.23.040 Persons Required to Consent to Adoption.
  (a) Unless consent is not required under AS 25.23.050 , a petition to adopt a minor may be granted only if written consent to...
• Sec. 25.23.050 Persons As to Whom Consent and Notice Not Required.
  (a) Consent to adoption is not required of(1) for purposes of this section, a parent who has abandoned a child for a period of...
• Sec. 25.23.060 Execution of Consent; Consent As Power of Attorney.
  (a) The required consent to adoption shall be executed at any time after the birth of the child in the presence of the court...
• Sec. 25.23.070 Withdrawal of Consent.
  (a) A consent to adoption may not be withdrawn after the entry of a decree of adoption.(b) A consent to adoption may be withdrawn...
• Sec. 25.23.080 Petition for Adoption.
  (a) The caption of a petition for adoption shall be styled substantially "In the Matter of the Adoption of . . . . ....
• Sec. 25.23.090 Report of Petitioner's Expenditures.
  (a) Except as specified in (b) of this section, the petitioner in any proceeding for the adoption of a minor shall file, before the...
• Sec. 25.23.100 Notice of Petition, Investigation, and Hearing.
  (a) After the filing of a petition to adopt a minor, the court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition. At...
• Sec. 25.23.110 Required Residence of Minor.
  A final decree of adoption may not be issued until the minor to be adopted, other than a stepchild of the petitioner, has lived...
• Sec. 25.23.120 Hearing.
  (a) The presence of the petitioner and the person to be adopted is not required at the hearing on the petition unless ordered by...
• 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 under the age of 10 and the person is of sufficient age and intelligence...
• Sec. 25.23.127 Adult Family Member Preference to Adopt.
  Taking into consideration a child's stated preference under AS 25.23.125(a) and consent given under AS 25.23.040 (a)(5), and unless the court finds that 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 court of this state or of any other state, has the following effect as...
• Sec. 25.23.140 Appeal and Validation of Adoption Decree.
  (a) An appeal from any final order or decree rendered under this chapter may be taken in the manner and time provided for appeal...
• Sec. 25.23.150 Confidential Nature of Hearings and Records in Adoption Proceedings.
  (a) All hearings held in proceedings under this chapter shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than essential officers...
• Sec. 25.23.160 Recognition of Foreign Decree Affecting Adoption.
  A decree of court terminating the relationship of parent and child or establishing the relationship by adoption issued under due process of law by...
• Sec. 25.23.170 Applications for Birth Certificates.
  Within 30 days after an adoption decree becomes final, the clerk of the court shall, if requested by the adoptive parents, prepare an application...
• Sec. 25.23.173 Indian Child Adoption Reports.
  After entering a final decree or order in an Indian child adoptive placement, the court shall send to the Secretary of the Interior a...
• Sec. 25.23.175 Findings Concerning Persons Born Outside the United States.
  In the case of the adoption of a person born outside the United States, if requested by the adoptive parents, the court shall make...
• Sec. 25.23.180 Relinquishment and Termination of Parent and Child Relationships.
  (a) The rights of a parent with reference to a child, including parental right to control the child or to withhold consent to an...
• Sec. 25.23.185 Records and Information.
  (a) At the time a petition for adoption is filed with the court, the agency or individual placing the person for adoption, or the...
• Sec. 25.23.190 Subsidy for Hard-To-place Child.
  A hard-to-place child in the permanent custody of the department in a foster home for not less than one year may not be denied...
• 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 foster parent basis and who have applied to adopt the hard-to-place child and to...
• Sec. 25.23.210 Amount and Duration of Subsidy Payments.
  (a) The department may adopt regulations to set the amount and length of time that a subsidy for a hard-to-place child may be granted.(b)...
• Sec. 25.23.220 Annual Reevaluation of Subsidy. [Repealed, Sec. 4 Ch 31 Sla 2003].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 25.23.230 Regulations.
  The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of AS 25.23.185 - 25.23.240.
• Sec. 25.23.240 Definitions.
  In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,(1) "adult" means an individual who has reached the age of majority;(2) "agency" means any person certified,...

Last modified: November 15, 2016