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Alaska State Law on Adult Adoption
Alaska
Summary: Adults may be adopted with the consent of parents or guardian, and spouse; consent may be waived by the court.
Most Relevant Alaska Statutes:
§25.23.010
§25.23.040
§25.23.050
25.23.010. Who may be adopted
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Any person may be adopted.
25.23.040. Persons Required to Consent to Adoption.
- (b) A petition to adopt an adult may be granted only if written consent to adoption has been executed by the adult and the adult's spouse or by the guardian or conservator of an incapacitated adult.
25.23.050. Persons as to Whom Consent and Notice Not Required.
- (7) a parent of the person to be adopted, if the person is 19 or more years of age, and the court dispenses with the consent of the parent;
(9) the spouse of the person to be adopted, if the requirement of consent to the adoption is waived by the court by reason of prolonged unexplained absence, unavailability, incapacity, or circumstances constituting an unreasonable withholding of consent.
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