Matter of JJJ

718 P.2d 948 (1986)

In the Matter of J.J.J., A Minor.

No. S-718.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 9, 1986.

Rehearing Granted in Part and Opinion Amended June 26, 1986.

William T. Ford, Anchorage, for appellant.

Jeri E. Byers, Lee Holen, Boyko, Davis & Dennis, Anchorage, for appellee.

John Reese, Reese, Rice and Volland, Anchorage, Guardian Ad Litem.

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

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

This is an expedited appeal from an adoption decree whereby a 7-year-old boy was adopted by his stepfather over the objections of the boy's biological father. Because of…