Legal Opinion

In Re the Adoption of S.K.L.H.

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 2009No. S-12960PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION °

Biological parents consented to their baby's adoption and the superior court entered a final adoption decree. Six months later the biological mother petitioned to set aside the adoption decree, alleging that her consent was invalid. The superior court granted her petition, finding first that there had not been a "meeting of the minds" (which the court on reconsideration later characterized as "mistake") about the biological mother's relationship with the child after the adoption decree, and second that it was in the child's best interests to be with…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Guin v. HaAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Matter of K.L.J.Alaska Supreme Court · 1991
  3. In Re the Adoption of T.N.F.Alaska Supreme Court · 1989
  4. A & G Const. Co., Inc. v. Reid Brothers Logging Co., Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Ware v. WareAlaska Supreme Court · 2007

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Osterkamp v. StilesAlaska Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Fink v. Municipality of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 2016
  3. Raymond Dapo v. State of Alaska, Office of Children's Services and Taun LucasAlaska Supreme Court · 2019
  4. Dara v. GishAlaska Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Grove v. GroveAlaska Supreme Court · 2017

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