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A.B.M. v. M.H.

No. 6200.

651 P.2d 1170 (1982)

A.B.M., Natural Mother, Appellant, v. M.H. & A.H., Prospective Adoptive Parents, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Weller and Jim Kentch, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Anchorage, for appellant.

Thomas E. Fenton, Fairbanks, for appellees.

Niesje J. Steinkruger and D. Rebecca Snow, Asst. Attys. Gen., Fairbanks, and Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for amicus curiae State of Alaska.

Terry L. Pechota, Boulder, Colo., for amicus curiae Native American Rights Fund.

Before RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.

OPINION

DIMOND, Senior Justice.

I

On February 16, 1980, A.B.M. gave birth to a baby girl, R.H.A.B.M. was not married and had made arrangements prior to birth to give her child up for adoption to her sister and brother-in-law, M.H. and A.H. On April 9, 1980, a hearing was held before a master during which A.B.M. executed a Consent to Adoption and a Relinquishment of Parental Rights. Because an adoption questionnaire completed by the H.'s indicated...

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