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MATTER OF W.E.G.

Nos. S-777, S-778 and S-803.

710 P.2d 410 (1985)

In the Matter of: W.E.G. and J.R.G., Minor Children Under the Age of Eighteen Years.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Coghlan, Fairbanks, for Grandparents.

J. John Franich, Fairbanks, for Foster Parents.

Gail M. Ballou, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for Biological Father.

Richard D. Savell, Fairbanks, for Adoptive Parents.

G.R. Eschbacher, Anchorage, for Biological Mother.

D. Rebecca Snow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for the State.

Daniel L. Callahan, Schendel & Callahan, Fairbanks, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

This difficult case concerns the adoption of two young boys. Their foster parents seek to adopt them, with the consent of the boys' biological parents. However, the boys' maternal grandparents oppose the foster parents' adoption petition; they, too, have filed an adoption petition, without the consent of the boys' biological parents. The superior court consolidated all actions concerning the boys, then excluded the grandparents from...

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