Da v. Drl

727 P.2d 768 (1986)

D.A. and L.A., Appellants,

v.

D.R.L., Appellee.

No. S-976.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 7, 1986.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1986.

Allen M. Bailey and Wayne Ross, Ross & Gingras, P.C., Anchorage, for appellants.

Mikel R. Miller, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

I. Background.

D.A. brings this appeal from the superior court's denial of his petition to adopt L.R.A. In his petition D.A. alleged that L.R.A.'s natural father failed significantly without justifiable cause to meaningfully…