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MATTER OF C.D.M.

No. 4764.

627 P.2d 607 (1981)

In the Matter of C.D.M. K.C.M. & B.L.M., Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Noel, Birch, Horton, Bittner, Monroe, Pestinger & Anderson, Fairbanks, for K.C.M. and B.L.M.

Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Fairbanks, for C.D.M.

Robert Coats, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for the State of Alaska.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ., and CRASKE, Superior Court Judge.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal raises the question of whether the superior court has the authority to order the sterilization of a mental incompetent upon petition by the incompetent's legal guardian. We conclude that the superior court, as a court of general jurisdiction, does have the authority to entertain and act upon such a petition.

C.D.M. is a nineteen year old woman who has been afflicted since...

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