Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of A.F.M.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 1998No. S-8150PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
A child ordinarily may not be adopted in Aaska unless the biological parent consents. But AS 25.23.050(a)(2)(B) waives consent if the parent has failed significantly and unjustifiably to support the child for “at least one year.” Because Bruce Farley 1 paid no support for his daughter, A.F.M., between August 15, 1995 and August 16,1996, the superior court allowed David Muntz to adopt A.F.M. without Farley’s consent. We vacate the adoption decree because the superior court implicitly misinterpreted the statute and miscalculated the period of nonsupport.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Turner v. PannickAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
- E. A. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- Matter of SD, Jr.Alaska Supreme Court · 1976
- D. L. J. v. W. D. R.Alaska Supreme Court · 1981
- J.W. v. R.J.Alaska Supreme Court · 1998
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3Cited by14 opinions
- In Re Adoption of TLCWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
- State Ex Rel. Wyoming Worker's Compensation Division v. BarkerWyoming Supreme Court · 1999
- C.L. v. P.C.S.Alaska Supreme Court · 2001
- C.W. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2001
- In Re the Adoption of S.K.L.H.Alaska Supreme Court · 2009
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