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ADOPTION OF N.P.S.

No. S-5481.

868 P.2d 934 (1994)

ADOPTION OF N.P.S., a Minor.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Smith, Anchorage, for appellant Jenny Paul Sims.

Mary Ellen Ashton, Anchorage, for appellee Xavier T. Medley.

No appearance by Toksook Bay Traditional Council, pro se, Toksook Bay, or J.P. Tangen.

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Anchorage, for Guardian Ad Litem Jennifer Abbott.

Before MOORE, C.J., RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ., and BRYNER, J. Pro Tem.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

N.P.S. was born to A.S. on March 9, 1981. The natural father of N.P.S. is unknown. A.S. died on December 2, 1990. Jenny Sims and Xavier Medley both sought to adopt N.P.S. We affirm the superior court's decision to grant the adoption petition of Xavier Medley.

Jenny Sims, the mother of A.S., is a 63-year-old Yup'ik widow who has lived in Toksook Bay all her life. Xavier Medley is a 39-year-old caucasian who resides...

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