MATTER OF ADOPTION OF A.F.M.

No. S-8150.

960 P.2d 602 (1998)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF A.F.M., a minor.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest M. Schlereth, Law Office of Ernest M. Schlereth, Anchorage, for appellant.

Elizabeth Kennedy, Law Office of Elizabeth Kennedy, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and COMPTON, EASTAUGH, FABE and BRYNER, JJ.


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A child ordinarily may not be adopted in Alaska unless the biological parent consents. But AS 25.23.050(a)(2)(B) waives consent if the parent has failed significantly and unjustifiably to support the child for "at least one year." Because Bruce Farley1 paid no support for his daughter, A.F.M., between August 15, 1995 and August 16, 1996, the superior court allowed...

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