Alaska Statutes Title 47, Chapter 47.10, Article 01 - Children's Proceedings

• Sec. 47.10.005 Construction.
  The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to(1) achieve the end that a child coming within the jurisdiction of the court under...
• Sec. 47.10.010 Jurisdiction; Guardians and Attorneys; Support.
  (a) Proceedings relating to a child under 18 years of age residing or found in the state are governed by this chapter when the...
• Sec. 47.10.011 Children in Need of Aid.
  Subject to AS 47.10.019 , the court may find a child to be a child in need of aid if it finds by a...
• Sec. 47.10.013 Abandonment.
  (a) For purposes of this chapter, the court may find abandonment of a child if a parent or guardian has shown a conscious disregard...
• Sec. 47.10.014 Neglect.
  For purposes of this chapter, the court may find neglect of a child if the parent, guardian, or custodian fails to provide the child...
• Sec. 47.10.015 Physical Harm.
  For the purposes of this chapter, the court may find physical harm to a child or substantial risk of physical harm to a child...
• Sec. 47.10.019 Limitations on Determinations.
  Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the court may not find a minor to be a child in need of aid under this chapter...
• Sec. 47.10.020 Investigation and Petition.
  (a) Whenever circumstances subject a child to the jurisdiction of the court under AS 47.10.005 - 47.10.142, the court shall appoint a competent person...
• Sec. 47.10.030 Summons and Custody of Minor.
  (a) After a petition is filed and after further investigation that the court directs, if the person having custody or control of the minor...
• Sec. 47.10.040 Release of Minor. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law As to a Child in Need of Aid, See As 47.10.080 (C)(2); As to an Alleged Delinquent Minor, See As 47.12.080 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.050 Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem or Attorney.
  (a) Whenever in the course of proceedings instituted under this chapter it appears to the court that the welfare of a child will be...
• Sec. 47.10.060 Waiver of Jurisdiction. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law As to an Alleged Delinquent Minor, See As 47.12.100].
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• Sec. 47.10.070 Hearings.
  (a) The court may conduct the hearing on the petition in an informal manner. The court shall give notice of the hearing to the...
• Sec. 47.10.072 Access to Hearing by Victim. [Repealed, Sec. 23 Ch 57 Sla 1991].
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• Sec. 47.10.075 Young Adult Advisory Panels. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996].
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• Sec. 47.10.080 Judgments and Orders.
  (a) An adjudication hearing shall be completed within 120 days after a finding of probable cause is entered unless the court finds good cause...
• Sec. 47.10.081 Predisposition Hearing Reports.
  (a) [Repealed, Sec. 55 ch 59 SLA 1996]. (b) Before the disposition hearing of a child in need of aid, the department shall submit...
• 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 shall keep the health and safety of the child as the court's paramount...
• Sec. 47.10.083 Review of Orders, Requests for Extensions.
  In a review under AS 47.10.080 (f) and in a hearing related to a request for extended commitment or extended supervision under AS 47.10.080(c)(1)...
• 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 the department, released under AS 47.10.080 (c)(2) to the child's parents, guardian, or...
• Sec. 47.10.085 Medical Treatment by Religious Means.
  In a case in which the minor's status as a child in need of aid is sought to be based on the need for...
• Sec. 47.10.086 Reasonable Efforts.
  (a) Except as provided in (b), (c), and (g) of this section, the department shall make timely, reasonable efforts to provide family support services...
• Sec. 47.10.087 Placement in Secure Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers.
  (a) The court may authorize the department to place a child who is in the custody of the department under AS 47.10.080 (c)(1) or...
• Sec. 47.10.088 Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights and Responsibilities.
  (a) Except as provided in AS 47.10.080 (o), the rights and responsibilities of the parent regarding the child may be terminated for purposes of...
• Sec. 47.10.089 Voluntary Relinquishment of Parental Rights and Responsibilities.
  (a) When a child is committed to the custody of the department under AS 47.10.080 (c)(1) or (3) or released under AS 47.10.080 (c)(2),...
• Sec. 47.10.090 Court Records.
  (a) The court shall make and keep records of all cases brought before it.(b) [Repealed, Sec. 55 ch 59 SLA 1996]. (c) Within 30...
• 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 guardian of a child subject to a proceeding under AS 47.10.005 - 47.10.142 may...
• Sec. 47.10.093 Disclosure of Agency Records.
  (a) Except as permitted in AS 47.10.092 and in (b) - (g) and (i) - (l) of this section, all information and social records...
• Sec. 47.10.095 Arrest of a Minor. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.12.200 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.097 Fingerprinting of Minors. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.12.210 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.098 Grievance Procedure.
  (a) The department shall develop, in regulation, a grievance procedure for a parent to file a complaint based on(1) the application of a department...
• Sec. 47.10.100 Retention of Jurisdiction Over Child.
  (a) The court retains jurisdiction over the case and may at any time stay execution, modify, set aside, revoke, or enlarge a judgment or...
• Sec. 47.10.110 Appointment of Guardian or Custodian.
  When, in the course of a proceeding under this chapter, it appears to the court that the welfare of a minor will be promoted...
• Sec. 47.10.115 Permanent Fund Dividend.
  (a) The department shall annually apply for a permanent fund dividend and retain in trust under AS 43.23.015 (e) for the benefit of the...
• Sec. 47.10.120 Support of Child.
  (a) When a child in need of aid is committed under this chapter, the court or the child support services agency created in AS...
• Sec. 47.10.130 Detention. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.12.240 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.140 Temporary Detention and Detention Hearing. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.12.250 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.141 Runaway and Missing Minors.
  (a) Upon receiving a written, telephonic, or other request to locate a minor evading the minor's legal custodian or to locate a minor otherwise...
• Sec. 47.10.142 Emergency Custody and Temporary Placement Hearing.
  (a) The Department of Health and Social Services may take emergency custody of a child upon discovering any of the following circumstances:(1) the child...
• Sec. 47.10.150 - 47.10.180 General Power, Duty, and Authority of the Department. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.14.010 - 47.14.050].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.190 Detention of Minors. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.12.240 (A)].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.200 Releasing Juveniles After Commitment. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.12.260 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.210 Youth Counsellors. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.12.270 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.220 Grants-In-aid. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.10.980 and 47.12.980].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.230 - 47.10.260 Care of Children. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.14.100 - 47.14.130].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.265 Youth Courts. [Repealed, Sec. 55 Ch 59 Sla 1996. for Current Law, See As 47.12.400 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.270 [Renumbered As As 47.10.970 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.280 Purpose of Chapter. [Repealed, Sec. 1 Ch 152 Sla 1976. for Current Similar Provisions, See As 47.05.060 ].
  
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• Sec. 47.10.290 [Renumbered As As 47.10.990 ].
  
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Last modified: November 15, 2016