Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of LEKM
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 30, 2003No. S-10199PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CARPENETI, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Mona and Jules M. 1 and Emma and Rod M. appeal the superior court's dismissal of their adoption petitions and the award of primary legal and physical custody of their granddaughter and niece to Elsa and Dillon C., family friends. They ask us to apply the relative-placement preference found in AS 47.14.100(e) to the adoption proceedings and argue that the superior court made erroneous factual and legal findings. Because AS 47.14.100(e) has previously been held not to apply to adoption proceedings, and because we find no clear error or abuse of…
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