In Re Adoption of AFM

15 P.3d 258 (2001)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF A.F.M.

B.F., Appellant,

v.

D.M., Appellee.

Nos. S-9308.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 5, 2001.

Ernest M. Schlereth, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Elizabeth Page Kennedy, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Before FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court allowed David Muntz to adopt his wife's daughter, A.F.M., without the consent of A.F.M.'s biological father, Bruce Farley. In granting the adoption, the court relied on AS 25.23.180, which authorized it to dispense with…