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S.O. v. W.S.

No. 5856.

643 P.2d 997 (1982)

S.O., Natural Mother, Appellant, v. W.S. and P.S., Adoptive Parents, Appellees. In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF J.D.S., a Minor.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kneeland Taylor, Anchorage, for appellant.

Max F. Gruenberg, Anchorage, for appellees.

John Reese, Virginia Bonnie Lembo, Law Offices of John Reese and Wilson A. Rice, P.C., Anchorage, as Guardian Ad Litem, for J.D.S.

Before RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

About five months prior to her son's birth, S.O. resolved that she would give her child up for adoption. Expecting to be hired for a job on the North Slope, S.O. felt that she would be unable to give the child the love and attention it would need. She also thought it important for a child to grow up in a two parent home, which she could not provide as she did not intend to continue her relationship with the child's natural father...

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