D.A. v. D.R.L.

No. S-976.

727 P.2d 768 (1986)

D.A. and L.A., Appellants, v. D.R.L., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen M. Bailey and Wayne Ross, Ross & Gingras, P.C., Anchorage, for appellants.

Mikel R. Miller, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

I. Background.

D.A. brings this appeal from the superior court's denial of his petition to adopt L.R.A. In his petition D.A. alleged that L.R.A.'s natural father failed significantly without justifiable cause to meaningfully communicate with her for a period of over one year, thereby obviating the necessity of obtaining the natural father's consent to the adoption...

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