Alaska Stat. § 25.25.709 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.709
Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this section, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order.

(b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered convention support order: (1) recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard;

(2) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with AS 25.25.201 ;

(3) the order is not enforceable in the issuing country;

(4) the order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure;

(5) a record transmitted in accordance with AS 25.25.707 lacks authenticity or integrity;

(6) a proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be filed;

(7) the order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state;

(8) payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid, in whole or in part;

(9) in a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country, (A) if the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or

(B) if the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or

(10) the order was made in violation of AS 25.25.712 .

(c) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a convention support order under (b)(2), (4), or (9) of this section, (1) the tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new convention support order; and

(2) the child support services agency shall take all appropriate measures to request a child support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under AS 25.25.705 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.401 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.401
Establishment of support order.
Status: reserved

(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if (1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or

(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.

(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is (1) a presumed father of the child;

(2) petitioning to have the individual's paternity adjudicated;

(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;

(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;

(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;

(6) an acknowledged father under AS 25.20.050 ;

(7) the mother of the child; or

(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

(c) [Repealed, § 32 ch 102 SLA 2015.] (d) If, after providing an obligor with notice and opportunity to be heard, an appropriate tribunal finds that the obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders under AS 25.25.305 .

(e) Before issuing an order under (b) of this section, the child support services agency shall adopt regulations for issuing such an order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.705 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.705
Initiation by child support services agency of support proceeding under convention.
Status: in_force

(a) In a support proceeding under AS 25.25.702  25.25.714, the child support services agency of this state shall (1) transmit and receive applications; and

(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.

(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention: (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;

(3) establishment of a support order if there is not an existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under AS 25.25.709 (b)(2), (4), or (9);

(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(c) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against whom there is an existing support order: (1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;

(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and

(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.080 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.080
Mediation of child custody matter.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (f) and (g) of this section, at any time within 30 days after a petition for child custody is filed under AS 25.20.060 the court may order the parties to submit to mediation. Each party has the right to challenge peremptorily one mediator appointed.

(b) Mediation shall be conducted informally as a conference, or by telephone, or series of conferences, as determined by the mediator. The parties to the action and a court-appointed representative of the minor children shall attend.

(c) If the mediator determines that mediation efforts are unsuccessful, the mediator shall terminate mediation and notify the court that mediation efforts have failed. The custody proceeding shall proceed in the usual manner.

(d) Upon submission of the parties to mediation under this section, a pending child custody proceeding shall be stayed for a period of 30 days or until the court is notified that mediation efforts have failed. All court orders made during the pending custody proceeding remain in effect during the period of mediation.

(e) Costs of mediation shall be paid as ordered by the court by one party, by both parties, or by the state if both parties are indigent.

(f) The court may not order or refer parties to mediation in a proceeding concerning custody or visitation of a child if a protective order issued or filed under AS 18.66.100  18.66.180 is in effect. The court may not order or refer parties to mediation if a party objects on the grounds that domestic violence has occurred between the parties unless the court finds that the conditions of (g)(1)  (3) of this section are met. If the court proposes or suggests mediation under this subsection, (1) mediation may not occur unless the victim of the alleged domestic violence agrees to the mediation; and

(2) the court shall advise the parties that each party has the right to not agree to mediation and that the decision of each party will not bias other decisions of the court.

(g) A mediator who receives a referral or order from a court to conduct mediation under (a) of this section shall evaluate whether domestic violence has occurred between the parties. A mediator may not engage in mediation when either party has committed a crime involving domestic violence unless (1) mediation is requested by the victim of the alleged domestic violence, or proposed by the court and agreed to by the victim;

(2) mediation is provided by a mediator who is trained in domestic violence in a manner that protects the safety of the victim and any household member, taking into account the results of an assessment of the potential danger posed by the perpetrator and the risk of harm to the victim; and

(3) the victim is permitted to have in attendance a person of the victim's choice, including an attorney.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.604 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.604
Choice of law.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order;

(2) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and

(3) the existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.

(b) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of this state or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and remedies of this state to enforce current support and collect arrears and interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in this state.

(d) After a tribunal of this state or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of this state shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears, on current and future support, and on consolidated arrears.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.152 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.152
Children as dependents for tax purposes.
Status: in_force

(a) In an action for divorce, dissolution, or to declare a marriage void, the court may not unconditionally grant to a noncustodial parent the right to claim a child as a dependent under federal income tax laws. The court may grant a noncustodial parent the right to claim a child as a dependent under federal tax laws for a tax year if the noncustodial parent satisfies the requirements of federal law and was not in arrears at the end of the tax year in an amount more than four times the monthly obligation under (1) a support order applicable to the child in cases where a payment schedule has not been established for payment of continuing support and accumulated arrears under the support order; or

(2) a payment schedule if a payment schedule has been established for payment of continuing support and accumulated arrears under a support order applicable to the child.

(b) In this section, noncustodial parent means the parent who has actual physical custody of the child for less time than the other parent.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.810 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.810
International application of chapter.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying AS 25.30.400  25.30.590.

(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter shall be recognized and enforced under AS 25.30.400  25.30.590.

(c) A court of this state is not required to apply this chapter to a child custody determination made in a foreign country when the child custody law of the other country violates fundamental principles of human rights.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.070 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.070
Temporary custody of the child.
Status: in_force

Unless it is shown to be detrimental to the welfare of the child considering the factors under AS 25.24.150 (c), or unless the presumption under AS 25.24.150 (g) is present, the child shall have, to the greatest degree practical, equal access to both parents during the time that the court considers an award of custody under AS 25.20.060  25.20.130.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.206 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.206
Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.
Status: reserved

(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the laws of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce (1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under this chapter; or

(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

(c) [Repealed, § 32 ch 102 SLA 2015.]
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.903 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.903
Severability clause.
Status: in_force

If a provision of this chapter or its application to a person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.275 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.275
Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
Status: in_force

Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be unreasonably put at risk by the disclosure of identifying information, or if an existing order so provides, a tribunal shall order that the address of the party or child or other identifying information not be disclosed in a pleading or other document filed in a proceeding under this chapter. A person aggrieved by an order of nondisclosure issued under this section that is based on an ex parte finding is entitled on request to a formal hearing, within 30 days of when the order was issued, at which the person may contest the order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.125 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.125
Preference of minor to be adopted; guardian ad litem; protective orders.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person to be adopted is a minor under the age of 10 and the person is of sufficient age and intelligence to state desires concerning the adoption, the court shall consider the person's desires.

(b) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem or attorney, or both, under AS 25.24.310 for a minor who is to be adopted or for a minor whose parent is the subject of a petition to terminate parental rights under AS 25.23.180 (c).

(c) The court may issue a protective order or other order that is in the best interest of a minor who is to be adopted.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.120 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.120
Obligor liable for public assistance furnished obligee.
Status: in_force

(a) An obligor is liable to the state in the amount of assistance granted under AS 47.07 and AS 47.27 to a child to whom the obligor owes a duty of support except that, if a support order has been entered, the liability of the obligor for assistance granted under AS 47.27 may not exceed the amount of support provided for in the support order, and, if a medical order of support has been entered, the liability of the obligor for assistance granted under AS 47.07 may not exceed the amount of support provided for in the medical order of support.

(b) An obligor is liable to the state in the amount of the cost incurred if the state is maintaining a child to whom the obligor owes a duty of support in a foster home or institution, except that if a support order has been entered, or an agreement for payment of that cost executed between the obligor and the state, the liability of the obligor may not exceed the amount provided in the support order or agreement.

(c) Within 30 days after the agency knows the identity and address of an obligor who resides in the state and who is liable to the state under this section, the agency shall send written notification by certified mail to the obligor and the obligee of the obligor's accruing liability and that the obligor shall make child support payments to the agency. The notice required under this subsection must be in clear, concise, and easily readable language. The notice may accompany other communications by the agency.

(d) If the agency fails to comply with (c) of this section, interest does not accrue on the liability to the state unless a support order or medical support order, as applicable, has been entered.

(e) The agency's failure to comply with (c) of this section does not bar an action by the state to recover amounts owed by the obligor.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.022 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.022
Establishment and enforcement requests from other states.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency may act, under the laws of this state, upon requests from similar state agencies in other states that operate child support enforcement programs under 42 U.S.C. 651  669 (Title IV-D Social Security Act) to establish or disestablish paternity and to establish and enforce against obligors within this state support obligations determined in other states.

(b) Except for requests for assistance made under (c) of this section or AS 25.25.501 , requests from child support enforcement agencies in other states shall be made by application containing the information that this state's agency requires and including written authorization from the requesting state agency and the obligee for this state's agency to initiate necessary action.

(c) Requests from a child support agency of another state for assistance in enforcing support orders through high-volume automated administrative enforcement may be made by electronic or other means and must include the information required by 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(14).

(d) An employer receiving an income withholding order from a child support agency of another state shall comply with the choice of law provisions of AS 25.25.502 (d), 25.25.503, and 42 U.S.C. 666(b)(6)(A)(i)(V).
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.171 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.171
Judicial permission to marry.
Status: reserved

(a) [Repealed, § 8 ch 67 SLA 2022.] (b) A superior court judge may grant permission for a person who has reached the age of 16 but is under the age of 18 to marry and may order the licensing officer to issue the license if the judge finds, following a hearing at which the parents and minor are given the opportunity to appear and be heard, that the marriage is in the best interest of the minor, that the other party to the marriage is not more than three years older, and that either (1) the parents have given their consent; or

(2) the parents are (A) arbitrarily and capriciously withholding consent;

(B) absent or otherwise unaccountable;

(C) in disagreement among themselves on the question; or

(D) unfit to decide the matter.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.271 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.271
Duty of officiating person before ceremony.
Status: in_force

The officiating person shall determine that the parties presenting themselves to be married are the parties named in the license. If the officiating person knows of a legal impediment to the marriage, the officiating person may not perform the ceremony.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.303 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.303
Application of law of this state.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and

(2) determine the duty of support and the amount payable under the law and support guidelines of this state.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.590 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.590
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 25.30.400  25.30.590, (1) petitioner means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for the return of the child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination;

(2) respondent means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of an order for the return of the child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination.

Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.013 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.013
Same-sex marriages.
Status: in_force

(a) A marriage entered into by persons of the same sex, either under common law or under statute, that is recognized by another state or foreign jurisdiction is void in this state, and contractual rights granted by virtue of the marriage, including its termination, are unenforceable in this state.

(b) A same-sex relationship may not be recognized by the state as being entitled to the benefits of marriage.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.030 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.030
Duty of parent and child to maintain each other.
Status: in_force

Each parent is bound to maintain the parent's children when poor and unable to work to maintain themselves. Each child is bound to maintain the child's parents in like circumstances.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.309 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.309
Private counsel.
Status: in_force

An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.070 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.070
Order to assign wages for support.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding in which the court has ordered either or both parents to pay for the support of a child, the court may, on its own motion or motion of a party or the agency on behalf of a party, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, order either parent or both parents to assign to the custodian of the child that portion of salary or wages of either parent due them currently and in the future sufficient to pay the amount ordered by the court for the support, maintenance, nurture, and education of the child.

(b) The order of assignment is binding upon an employer upon service of a copy of the order upon the employer and until further order of the court. The employer may, for each payment made under the order, deduct $1 from other wages or salary owed to the employee.

(c) The assignment made under court order has priority as against an attachment, execution, or other assignment unless otherwise ordered by the court.

(d) An employer may not terminate an employee's employment because wages of the employee are subject to an order under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.161 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.161
Waiver of waiting period.
Status: in_force

If a three-day waiting period would result in undue hardship or delay in an individual case, the licensing officer may waive the three-day requirement.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.173 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.173
Indian child adoption reports.
Status: in_force

After entering a final decree or order in an Indian child adoptive placement, the court shall send to the Secretary of the Interior a copy of the decree or order and other information required by 25 U.S.C. 1951 (sec. 301(a) of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978).
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.185 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.185
Records and information.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time a petition for adoption is filed with the court, the agency or individual placing the person for adoption, or the petitioner, shall file with the court, for release to the state registrar of vital statistics, the following information, or an explanation of its unavailability, on forms provided by the department: (1) the address of each parent named on the original birth certificate; and

(2) background information required under AS 18.50.510 .

(b) Upon entry of a decree of adoption, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the Bureau of Vital Statistics the information provided under (a) of this section. The bureau shall attach the information to the original birth certificate of the adopted person.

(c) A child adoption agency licensed under former AS 47.35 and a child placement agency licensed under AS 47.32 shall maintain records of the information required to be furnished to the court under this section or under regulations of the commissioner implementing this section. If a child adoption agency or child placement agency ceases to place persons for adoption, it shall transfer its records to the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.381 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.381
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) bureau means the Bureau of Vital Statistics;

(2) department means the Department of Health;

(3) licensing officer means the registrar or a local registrar;

(4) local registrar means a person appointed by the state registrar under AS 18.50.080 ;

(5) registrar means the state registrar of vital statistics.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.860 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.860
Communication between courts.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this chapter.

(b) The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties are not able to participate in the communication, they shall be given the opportunity to present facts and legal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.

(c) Communication between courts on schedules, calendars, court records, and similar matters may occur without informing the parties, and a record need not be made of the communication.

(d) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a record shall be made of a communication under this section. The parties must be informed promptly of the communication and granted access to the record.

(e) In this section, record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.273 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.273
Reporting of payment information concerning delinquent obligors.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency may provide to credit bureaus or lending institutions of any kind information about delinquent support owed by obligors. The information provided must consist solely of the payment history of the obligor.

(b) Upon an obligor's payment of delinquent support, the agency shall immediately notify all credit bureaus and lending institutions that were furnished information about the obligor under (a) of this section that the obligor is no longer delinquent.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.910 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.910
Payment of support to 18-year-olds.
Status: in_force

When a court order or judgment provides for child support to be paid for the care of an unmarried 18-year-old child who is actively pursuing a high school diploma or an equivalent level of technical or vocational training while living as a dependent with a parent, guardian, or designee of the parent or guardian, the order or judgment may provide for the support to be paid directly to the child upon terms and conditions considered appropriate by the court.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.616 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.616
Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification.
Status: in_force

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the convention may register that order in this state under AS 25.25.601  25.25.608 if the order has not been registered. A complaint or comparable pleading for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The complaint or comparable pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.265 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.265
Method of service; notification of change of address.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, when a notice, paper, or other document is required by this chapter to be given or served upon a person by the agency, the notice, paper, or other document may be served as required by Rule 5, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure or any other method permitted by law.

(b) Each party to a paternity or child support proceeding shall file with the tribunal and inform the agency of the party's name, location, social security number, residential and mailing addresses, telephone number, and driver's license number, as well as the name, address, and telephone number of any employer of the party. If a change in this information occurs, the party shall immediately notify the tribunal and the agency and provide updated information.

(c) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, if a tribunal finds that the agency has made diligent efforts to give or serve a notice, paper, or other document required by this chapter, the tribunal may order that service in any subsequent child support enforcement effort by the agency may be given upon the party by sending the document by first class mail to the party's most recent mailing address on file with the agency.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.140 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.140
Appeal and validation of adoption decree.
Status: in_force

(a) An appeal from any final order or decree rendered under this chapter may be taken in the manner and time provided for appeal from a judgment in a civil action.

(b) Subject to the disposition of an appeal, upon the expiration of one year after an adoption decree is issued, the decree may not be questioned by any person including the petitioner, in any manner upon any ground, including fraud, misrepresentation, failure to give any required notice, or lack of jurisdiction of the parties or of the subject matter, unless, in the case of the adoption of a minor the petitioner has not taken custody of the minor, or, in the case of the adoption of an adult, the adult had no knowledge of the decree within the one-year period.

(c) Subject to the disposition of an appeal, one year after a decree is issued terminating parental rights on grounds set out in AS 25.23.180 (c)(2) , the order may not be challenged on any ground, including fraud, misrepresentation, failure to give notice, or lack of jurisdiction of the parties or of the subject matter.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.095 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.095
Agency exempt from execution.
Status: in_force

Execution may not issue against money held in the fund established under AS 25.27.030 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.300 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.300
Initial child custody jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in AS 25.30.330 , a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination only if (1) this state is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding;

(2) this state was the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from this state but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in this state;

(3) a court of another state does not have jurisdiction under provisions substantially similar to (1) or (2) of this subsection, or a court of the home state of the child has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this state is the more appropriate forum under provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.360 or 25.30.370, and (A) the child and the child's parents, or the child and at least one parent or a person acting as a parent, have a significant connection with this state other than mere physical presence; and

(B) substantial evidence is available in this state concerning the child's care, protection, training, and personal relationships;

(4) all courts having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in (1)  (3) of this subsection have declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that a court of this state is the more appropriate forum to determine the custody of the child under provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.360 or 25.30.370; or

(5) no court of another state would have jurisdiction under the criteria specified in (1)  (4) of this subsection.

(b) The provisions of (a) of this section are the exclusive jurisdictional bases for making a child custody determination by a court of this state.

(c) Physical presence of or personal jurisdiction over a party or a child is not necessary or sufficient to make a child custody determination.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.170 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.170
Modification of judgment.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to AS 25.20.110 , any time after judgment the court, upon the motion of either party, may set aside, alter, or modify so much of the judgment as may provide for alimony, for the appointment of trustees for the care and custody of the minor children or for their nurture and education, for the care, nurture, and education of unmarried 18-year-old children of the marriage while they are actively pursuing a high school diploma or an equivalent level of technical or vocational training and living as dependents with a parent, guardian, or designee of the parent or guardian, or for the maintenance of either party to the action.

(b) For the purposes of a motion to modify or terminate child support, the adoption or enactment of guidelines or a significant amendment to guidelines for determining support is a material change in circumstances if the guidelines are relevant to the motion. As necessary to comply with 42 U.S.C. 666, a periodic modification of child support may be made without a showing of a material change in circumstances if the child support order being modified on the periodic basis has not been modified or adjusted during the three years preceding the periodic modification.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.240 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.240
Service of lien.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency of this state or another state, or a party or other entity seeking to enforce a child support obligation, may, at any time after recording of a lien recorded under AS 25.27.230 , serve a copy of the lien upon any person, political subdivision, or department of the state possessing earnings, or deposits or balances held in any bank account of any nature that are due, owing, or belonging to the obligor.

(b) A lien recorded under AS 25.27.230 shall be served upon a person, political subdivision, or department of the state personally or by registered, certified, or insured mail, return receipt requested.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.501 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.501
Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state.
Status: in_force

An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer under AS 25.27 without first filing a complaint or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.060 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.060
Mediation.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (f) and (g) of this section, at any time within 30 days after a complaint or cross-complaint in a divorce action is filed, a party to the action may file a motion with the court requesting mediation, for the purpose of achieving a mutually agreeable settlement in termination of the marriage. When a party moves for settlement mediation, the other party shall answer the motion on the record, and the judge may order mediation. When no request for mediation is made, the court may at any time order the parties to submit to mediation if it determines that mediation may result in a more satisfactory settlement between the parties.

(b) The court appoints the mediator. The court may appoint any person the court finds suitable to act as mediator. Each party shall have the right once to challenge peremptorily any mediator appointed.

(c) Mediation shall be conducted informally as a conference or series of conferences. The parties to the action and a court-appointed representative of any unmarried children of the marriage under the age of 19 whose interests may be affected shall attend. Counsel for the parties may attend all such conferences.

(d) After the first conference, either party may withdraw, or the mediator may terminate mediation if the mediator determines that mediation efforts are unsuccessful. Upon withdrawal by either party or termination by the mediator, the mediator shall notify the court that mediation efforts have failed, and the divorce action shall proceed in the usual manner.

(e) Upon submission of the parties to mediation under this section, divorce proceedings then pending shall be stayed for a period of 30 days or until the court is notified that mediation efforts have failed. All court orders made under AS 25.24.140 remain in effect during the period of mediation.

(f) The court may not order or refer parties to mediation in a divorce proceeding if a protective order issued or filed under AS 18.66.100  18.66.180 is in effect. The court may not order or refer parties to mediation if a party objects on the grounds that domestic violence has occurred between the parties unless the court finds that the conditions of (g)(1)  (3) of this section are met. If the court proposes or suggests mediation under this subsection, (1) mediation may not occur unless the victim of the alleged domestic violence agrees to the mediation; and

(2) the court shall advise the parties that each party has the right to not agree to mediation and that the decision of each party will not bias other decisions of the court.

(g) A mediator who receives a referral or order from a court to conduct mediation under (a) of this section shall evaluate whether domestic violence has occurred between the parties. A mediator may not engage in mediation when either party has committed a crime involving domestic violence unless (1) mediation is requested by the victim of the alleged domestic violence, or proposed by the court and agreed to by the victim;

(2) mediation is provided by a mediator who is trained in domestic violence in a manner that protects the safety of the victim and any household member, taking into account the results of an assessment of the potential danger posed by the perpetrator and the risk of harm to the victim; and

(3) the victim is permitted to have in attendance a person of the victim's choice, including an attorney.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.201 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.201
Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if (1) the individual is personally served with a citation, summons, or notice within this state;

(2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

(3) the individual resided with the child in this state;

(4) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;

(5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;

(6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;

(7) the individual acknowledged parentage of a child in a writing deposited with the Bureau of Vital Statistics under AS 25.20.050 ; or

(8) there is another basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set out in (a) of this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of AS 25.25.611 are met or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of AS 25.25.615 are met.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.110 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.110
Separate domicile or residence.
Status: in_force

In an action for divorce, a spouse may acquire a separate residence or domicile from that of the other spouse without reference among other factors to misconduct or consent of the other spouse.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.030 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.030
Establishment of fund.
Status: in_force

There is established in the state general fund a continuing, revolving, reserve account to receive collections and make the authorized disbursements of the agency.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.190 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.190
Subsidy for hard-to-place child.
Status: in_force

A hard-to-place child in the permanent custody of the department in a foster home for not less than one year may not be denied the opportunity for a permanent home if the achievement of this depends on continued subsidy by the state.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.205 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.205
Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.
Status: reserved

(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and, (1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification, this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or

(2) even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.

(b) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if (1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or

(2) the tribunal's order is not the controlling order.

(c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter that modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, a tribunal of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.

(d) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.

(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.

(f) [Repealed, § 32 ch 102 SLA 2015.]
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.010 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.010
Right of action for divorce.
Status: in_force

A husband or wife may maintain an action against the other for divorce or to have the marriage declared void.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.301 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.301
Form of solemnization.
Status: in_force

In the solemnization of marriage, no particular form is required except that the parties shall assent or declare in the presence of each other and the person solemnizing the marriage and in the presence of at least one competent witness that they take each other to be husband and wife. A person is competent to solemnize or witness a marriage if the person is of sound mind capable of understanding the seriousness of the ceremony. At the time of the ceremony, the person solemnizing the marriage shall complete the certification on the original marriage certificate. The person solemnizing the marriage and the attending witness shall sign the original marriage certificate and the necessary copies. The witness must be 18 years of age or older. The witness shall communicate with both parties before or after the ceremony, but before signing the original marriage certificate and the necessary copies, and confirm that each party intends to marry the other party. The marriage certificate must state that the person solemnizing the marriage and the witness have confirmed with both parties that they are entering the marriage intentionally and in the exercise of each party's own free will.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.202 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.202
Duration of personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by AS 25.25.205 , 25.25.206, and 25.25.281.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.250 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.250
Forms.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Law, in cooperation with the administrator of the Alaska Court System, shall prepare forms and instructions for use by persons wishing to obtain a dissolution of their marriage under AS 25.24.200  25.24.260 and wishing to utilize the services of the child support services agency. The forms shall conform to the requirements of the Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, except that information appearing on the forms in legible handwriting shall be acceptable.

(b) Forms prepared under (a) of this section shall be made available to the public at each office of the division of social services of the Department of Health, and every superior court, and wherever else considered necessary by the Department of Law.

(c) Forms or instructions prepared under (a) of this section must specify that the dissolution petition constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and must provide examples of kinds of property and obligations that are subject to distribution.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.880 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.880
Cooperation between courts; preservation of records.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to (1) hold an evidentiary hearing;

(2) order a person to produce or give evidence under procedures of that state;

(3) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

(4) forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

(5) order a party to a child custody proceeding or a person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

(b) On request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in (a) of this section.

(c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under (a) and (b) of this section may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.

(d) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. On appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of these records.

Article 4. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.150 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.150
Confidential nature of hearings and records in adoption proceedings.
Status: in_force

(a) All hearings held in proceedings under this chapter shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than essential officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses, counsel, persons who have not previously consented to the adoption but are required to consent, and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties.

(b) The papers and records relating to an adoption or a termination of parental rights under AS 25.23.180 (c)(2) that are a part of the permanent record of a court are subject to inspection only upon consent of the court. The papers and records relating to an adoption or a termination of parental rights under AS 25.23.180 (c)(2) on file with the department, an agency, or an individual are subject to inspection only with consent of all interested persons or by order of a court for good cause shown. Except as provided in this section, adoption records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics are subject to inspection under the provisions of AS 18.50 .

(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, or as authorized in writing by the adopted child, if 14 or more years of age, or by the adoptive parent, or upon order of the court for good cause shown, a person may not disclose the identity or address of an adoptive parent, an adopted child, a child who is the subject of a proceeding under AS 25.23.180 (c)(2), or a biological parent whose parental rights have been terminated on grounds set out in AS 25.23.180 (c)(2).

(d) The court may order the disclosure of a natural parent's identity or address only if (1) the court makes an express finding that the disclosure is required because of a medical necessity or other extraordinary circumstance; and

(2) the natural parent unless the parent's parental rights have been terminated on grounds set out in AS 25.23.180 (c)(2), the child, and the adoptive parents are afforded proper notice and a hearing; the court may waive the hearing and notice requirement if it finds there is a medical necessity that poses an immediate risk to life.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.261 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.261
Who may solemnize.
Status: in_force

(a) Marriages may be solemnized (1) by a minister, priest, or rabbi of any church or congregation in the state, or by a commissioned officer of the Salvation Army, or by the principal officer or elder of recognized churches or congregations that traditionally do not have regular ministers, priests, or rabbis, anywhere within the state;

(2) by a marriage commissioner or judicial officer of the state anywhere within the jurisdiction of the commissioner or officer;

(3) before or in any religious organization or congregation according to the established ritual or form commonly practiced in the organization or congregation; or

(4) by an individual holding an elective public office in the state.

(b) This section may not be construed to waive the requirements for obtaining a marriage license.

(c) Nothing in this section creates or implies a duty or obligation on a person authorized to solemnize a marriage under (a)(1), (3), or (4) of this section to solemnize any marriage.
Alaska Stat. § 25.15.030 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.15 / Section 25.15.030
Validity of conveyance, transfer, or lien between spouses.
Status: in_force

A conveyance, transfer, or lien executed by one spouse to or in favor of the other is valid to the same extent as between other persons.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.071 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.071
Persons to issue license.
Status: in_force

A licensing officer is the only official who may issue marriage licenses under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.080 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.080
Petition for adoption.
Status: in_force

(a) The caption of a petition for adoption shall be styled substantially In the Matter of the Adoption of ................. The person to be adopted shall be designated in the caption under the name by which the person is to be known if the petition is granted. If the child is placed for adoption by an agency, any name by which the child was previously known may not be disclosed in the petition or in the decree of adoption.

(b) A petition for adoption shall be signed and verified by the petitioner, filed with the clerk of the court, and state (1) the date and place of birth of the person to be adopted, if known;

(2) the name to be used for the person to be adopted;

(3) the date of placement of the minor and the name of the person placing the minor;

(4) the full name, age, place, and duration of residence of the petitioner;

(5) the marital status of the petitioner, including the date and place of marriage, if married;

(6) that the petitioner has facilities and resources, including those available under a hard-to-place child subsidy agreement, suitable to provide for the nurture and care of the minor to be adopted, and that it is the desire of the petitioner to establish the relationship of parent and child with the person to be adopted;

(7) a description and estimate of value of any property of the person to be adopted; and

(8) the name of any person whose consent to the adoption is required, but who has not consented, and facts or circumstances that excuse the lack of the consent normally required to the adoption.

(c) A certified copy of the birth certificate or verification of the birth record of the person to be adopted, if available, the information specified in AS 25.23.185 (a), if available, and the required consents, relinquishments, and termination orders shall be filed with the clerk.

(d) A petitioner petitioning to adopt a child in state custody under AS 47.10 shall file the petition for adoption in either the court where the child-in-need-of-aid proceedings are pending or the judicial district in which the petitioner resides, as required under AS 25.23.030 (d) and AS 47.10.111 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.155 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.155
Reservation of issues.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may not delay or reserve a custody decision under AS 25.24.150 (f) or an issue of property division under AS 25.24.160 (c) unless (1) each party, and the guardian ad litem if one has been appointed under AS 25.24.310 , expressly agrees on the record to the delay or reservation; or

(2) a party who moves for an order of delay or reservation shows good cause and the court finds that the interests of a party opposing the motion will not be jeopardized by the delay or reservation.

(b) The court may not grant a motion under (a)(2) of this section if the court finds that granting the motion would (1) put the opposing party's interests substantially at risk due to the death of the other party before a final disposition of the marital property;

(2) diminish the ability of the party opposing the motion to protect the value of assets not in the party's control;

(3) not be in the best interests of each minor child whose custody would remain unresolved if the motion were granted;

(4) have adverse tax consequences for the opposing party; or

(5) have adverse consequences on the opposing party's ability to maintain existing health insurance coverage.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.507 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.507
Administrative enforcement of orders.
Status: in_force

(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to the child support services agency of this state.

(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the child support services agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the child support services agency shall register the order under this chapter.

Article 6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.15.020 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.15 / Section 25.15.020
Actions between spouses respecting property.
Status: in_force

Subject to AS 34.77 , if one spouse obtains possession or control of property belonging to the other, either before or after marriage, the owner of the property may maintain an action for it, or for any right growing out of it, in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were unmarried.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.278 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.278
Payments not disbursed.
Status: in_force

Support payments collected and held by the agency for seven years without disbursal shall be returned to the obligor.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.061 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.061
Payment of support to 18-year-olds.
Status: in_force

A judgment, court order, or order of the agency under this chapter that provides for child support to be paid for the care of an unmarried 18-year-old child who is actively pursuing a high school diploma or an equivalent level of technical or vocational training while living as a dependent with a parent, guardian, or designee of the parent or guardian, may provide for the support to be paid directly to the child upon terms and conditions considered appropriate by the court or agency.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.127 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.127
Adult family member preference to adopt.
Status: in_force

Taking into consideration a child's stated preference under AS 25.23.125 (a) and consent given under AS 25.23.040 (a)(5), and unless the court finds that a petition to adopt the child by an adult family member is contrary to the best interest of the child, the court shall grant a petition to adopt a child by an adult family member who has had physical custody of the child for at least 12 consecutive months before the parental rights to the child have been terminated. In this section, adult family member has the meaning given in AS 47.10.990 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.130 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.130
Subrogation of state.
Status: in_force

(a) If the obligor is liable to the state under AS 25.27.120 (a) or (b), the state is subrogated to the rights of the obligee to (1) bring an action in the superior court seeking an order of support;

(2) proceed under AS 25.27.160  25.27.270 to establish a duty of support; or

(3) enforce by execution, in accordance with AS 25.27.230  25.27.270, or otherwise, a support order entered in favor of the obligee.

(b) To establish or enforce an order of support, including, if applicable, a medical support order, based on the subrogation of the state, the agency is not limited to the amount of assistance being granted to the child.

(c) The recovery of any amount for which the obligor is liable that exceeds the total assistance granted under AS 47.07 and AS 47.27 shall be paid to the obligee.

(d) Except as provided in (f) of this section, if the obligee is not receiving assistance under AS 47.07 or AS 47.27 at the time the state recovers money in an action under this section, the recovery of any amount for which the obligor is liable shall be distributed to the obligee for support payments, including medical support payments, that have become due and unpaid since the termination of assistance under AS 47.07 or AS 47.27 under a support order in favor of the obligee.

(e) After payment to the obligee under (d) of this section, the state may retain an amount not to exceed the total unreimbursed assistance paid on behalf of the obligee under AS 47.07 or AS 47.27 .

(f) Notwithstanding (d) of this section, the state shall, if required under federal law or regulations, distribute amounts recovered through offset of the obligor's federal tax refund as past due support with first distribution to the state for unpaid support assigned to the state under AS 47.07.025 and AS 47.27.040 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.231 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.231
Reports of licenses issued.
Status: in_force

The registrar may require reports of licenses issued upon forms to be furnished by the registrar.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.080 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.080
Enforcement of support orders.
Status: in_force

(a) A court order requiring payment of child support shall be modified to order payments be made to the agency upon application.

(b) The agency on behalf of the custodian or the state shall take all necessary action permitted by law to enforce child support orders, including petitioning the court for orders to aid in the enforcement of child support.

(c) The determination or enforcement of a duty of support is unaffected by any interference by the custodian of the child with rights of custody or visitation granted by a court. When the agency appears on behalf of a child in an action seeking to establish or enforce support, the court may not adjudicate custody, visitation, or property rights in the same action.

(d) An order of arrest may not be issued in the enforcement of child support unless the court has reason to believe that the obligor may flee the jurisdiction or unless the obligor has been ordered to appear in the action and has failed to do so.
Alaska Stat. § 25.15.060 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.15 / Section 25.15.060
Control and liability of separate property of spouse.
Status: in_force

Subject to AS 34.77 , the property and pecuniary rights of a married person at the time of marriage or afterwards that are acquired by gift, devise, or inheritance are not subject to the debts or contracts of the other spouse, and a spouse may manage, sell, convey, or devise the property and pecuniary rights that by will are separate property of that spouse.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.703 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.703
Applicability.
Status: in_force

AS 25.25.702  25.25.714 apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of AS 25.25.702  25.25.714 is inconsistent with AS 25.25.101  25.25.616, AS 25.25.702  25.25.714 controls.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.210 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.210
Judicial review of administrative decisions and actions.
Status: in_force

(a) Judicial review by the superior court of a final administrative decision establishing or disestablishing paternity and establishing or modifying a duty of support or amounts of support due may be obtained by filing a notice of appeal in accordance with the applicable rules of court governing appeals in civil matters. A notice of appeal shall be filed within 30 days after the decision.

(b) The complete record of the proceedings, or the parts of it that the appellant designates, shall be prepared by the agency. A copy shall be delivered to all parties participating in the appeal. The original shall be filed in the superior court within 30 days after the appellant pays the estimated cost of preparing the complete or designated record or files a corporate surety bond equal to the estimated cost.

(c) The complete record includes (1) the notice and finding of financial responsibility, the notice of paternity and financial responsibility, or the notice of and petition for an action disestablishing paternity, as applicable;

(2) the request for a hearing;

(3) the decision of the hearing officer;

(4) the exhibits admitted or rejected;

(5) the written evidence;

(6) all other documents in the case, including decisions of the agency.

(d) Upon order of the superior court, appeals may be taken on the original record or parts of it. The record may be typewritten or duplicated by any standard process. Analogous rules of court governing appeals in civil matters shall be followed when this chapter is silent, and when not in conflict with this chapter.

(e) The superior court may enjoin agency action in excess of constitutional or statutory authority at any stage of an agency proceeding. If agency action is unlawfully or unreasonably withheld, the superior court may compel the agency to initiate action.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.060 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.060
Petition for award of child custody.
Status: in_force

(a) If there is a dispute over child custody, either parent may petition the superior court for resolution of the matter under AS 25.20.060  25.20.130. The court shall award custody on the basis of the best interests of the child. In determining the best interests of the child, the court shall consider all relevant factors, including those factors enumerated in AS 25.24.150 (c), and the presumption established in AS 25.24.150 (g). In a custody determination under this section, the court shall provide for visitation by a grandparent or other person if that is in the best interests of the child.

(b) Neither parent, regardless of the question of the child's legitimacy, is entitled to preference in the awarding of custody.

(c) The court may award shared custody to both parents if shared custody is determined by the court to be in the best interests of the child. An award of shared custody shall assure that the child has frequent and continuing contact with each parent to the maximum extent possible.

(d) If the court finds that a parent or child is a victim of domestic violence, the court may order that the address and telephone number of the parent or child be kept confidential in the proceedings.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.103 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.103
Remedies cumulative.
Status: in_force

(a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a support order on the basis of comity.

(b) This chapter does not (1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or

(2) grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.281 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.281
Marriage solemnized by unauthorized person.
Status: in_force

After a license has been obtained, a marriage solemnized before a person professing to be a person authorized to solemnize marriages in the state under AS 25.05.261 (a) is valid regardless of a lack of power or authority in the person, if the marriage is consummated with a belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.041 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.041
Matters insufficient to render marriage voidable.
Status: in_force

(a) If a marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage, then the marriage is not voidable for any of the following reasons: (1) the licensing officer did not have jurisdiction to issue the license;

(2) there was an omission, informality, or irregularity of form in the application for the license or in the license itself;

(3) the marriage was solemnized after the expiration date of the license.

(b) If a license has been issued and the marriage solemnized as provided in this chapter and the parties to it have immediately thereafter assumed the habit and repute of husband and wife and have continued to cohabit as husband and wife for one year or until the death of either of them, the marriage shall not be void or voidable solely on the ground the license cannot be produced.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.040 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.040
Persons required to consent to adoption.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless consent is not required under AS 25.23.050 , a petition to adopt a minor may be granted only if written consent to a particular adoption has been executed by (1) the mother of the minor;

(2) the father of the minor, if the father was married to the mother at the time the minor was conceived or at any time after conception, the minor is the father's child by adoption, or the father has otherwise legitimated the minor under the laws of the state;

(3) any person lawfully entitled to custody of the minor or empowered to consent;

(4) the court having jurisdiction to determine custody of the minor, if the legal guardian or custodian of the person of the minor is not empowered to consent to the adoption;

(5) the minor, if 10 years of age or older, unless the court in the best interest of the minor dispenses with the minor's consent; and

(6) the spouse of the minor to be adopted.

(b) A petition to adopt an adult may be granted only if written consent to adoption has been executed by the adult and the adult's spouse or by the guardian or conservator of an incapacitated adult.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.270 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.270
Judicial relief from administrative execution.
Status: in_force

Any person against whose property a lien has been recorded under AS 25.27.230 or an order to withhold and deliver served in accordance with AS 25.27.250 may apply for relief to the superior court.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.020 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.020
Duties and responsibilities of the agency.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall (1) seek enforcement of child support orders of the state in other jurisdictions and shall obtain, enforce, and administer the orders in this state;

(2) adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter and AS 25.25 , including regulations that establish (A) procedures for hearings conducted under AS 25.27.170 and for administrative enforcement of support orders;

(B) subject to AS 25.27.025 and to federal law, a uniform rate of interest on arrearages of support that shall be charged the obligor upon notice if child support payments are 10 or more days overdue or if payment is made by a check backed by insufficient funds; however, an obligor may not be charged interest on late payment of a child support obligation, other than a payment on arrearages, if the obligor is (i) employed and income is being withheld from the obligor's wages under an income withholding order;

(ii) receiving unemployment compensation and child support obligations are being withheld from the obligor's unemployment payments under AS 23.20.401 ; or

(iii) receiving compensation for disabilities under AS 23.30 and child support obligations are being withheld from the obligor's compensation payments;

(C) procedures for establishing and disestablishing paternity under AS 25.27.165 and 25.27.166, including procedures for hearings; and

(D) procedures under which the agency shall enter into contracts or agreements with financial institutions, including brokerage houses, insurance companies, and other companies providing individual investment, transaction, or deposit accounts, doing business in the state to develop and operate an automated data match system as required by 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17); the agency may pay a reasonable fee to a financial institution for conducting a data match under a contract or agreement under this subparagraph; the fee may not exceed the actual costs incurred by the financial institution for conducting the data match;

(3) administer and enforce AS 25.25 (Uniform Interstate Family Support Act);

(4) establish, enforce, and administer child support obligations administratively under this chapter;

(5) administer the state plan required under 42 U.S.C. 651  669 (Title IV-D, Social Security Act) as amended;

(6) disburse support payments collected by the agency to the obligee, together with interest charged under (2)(B) of this subsection;

(7) establish and enforce administratively under this chapter, or through the superior courts of the state, child support orders from other jurisdictions pertaining to obligors within the state;

(8) enforce and administer spousal support orders if a spousal support obligation has been established with respect to the spouse and if the support obligation established with respect to the child of that spouse is also being administered;

(9) obtain a medical support order that meets the requirements of AS 25.27.060 (c) and 25.27.063;

(10) act on behalf of the Department of Health in the enforcement of AS 47.07.025 (b);

(11) establish or disestablish, administratively under AS 25.27.165  25.27.166 or through court action, the paternity of a child;

(12) promptly provide to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, in a format approved by the bureau, any final agency decision administratively establishing or disestablishing the paternity of a child born in this state; and

(13) act as the central registry for all child support orders and exchange information as required by federal law.

(b) In determining the amount of money an obligor must pay to satisfy the obligor's immediate duty of support, the agency shall consider all payments made by the obligor directly to the obligee or to the obligee's custodian before the time the obligor is ordered to make payments through the agency. After the obligor is ordered to make payments through the agency, the agency may not consider direct payments made to the obligee or the obligee's custodian unless the obligor provides clear and convincing evidence of the payment.

(c) If admitted to the practice of law in the state, the director of the agency, or the director's designee, shall sign a complaint or other pleadings on behalf of the agency in an action to establish or enforce a support obligation under this chapter in which the agency is not represented by the attorney general.

(d) The agency may issue an administrative order or request a court order that requires an individual in arrears under an order of support for a child who is receiving assistance under AS 47.07 , or under AS 47.25.310  47.25.420 or a successor program, or for a child whose parent, guardian, or designee of the parent or guardian has applied for aid from the agency under AS 25.27.100 , to make payments according to an approved payment plan or, if the individual is not incapacitated, to participate in appropriate work activities.

(e) To the extent required by federal law and as necessary for locating individuals for child support purposes, the agency, the child support enforcement agency of another state, or the federal government is entitled to have access to information used by the Department of Public Safety or a successor agency to locate an individual for purposes relating to motor vehicles or law enforcement.

(f) The agency shall, by regulation, establish procedures and standards for the forgiveness of an arrearage owed to the state under AS 25.27.120 . The agency may forgive arrears under this section, with the approval of the commissioner and without the approval of the Department of Law, if (1) the obligor (A) has or obtains employment for which income withholding is initiated under AS 25.27.250 within 60 days after the date the obligor is approved for the forgiveness program;

(B) enrolls in and successfully completes an employment training program approved by the agency and obtains employment for which income withholding is initiated under AS 25.27.250 within 30 days after completion of the employment training program; or

(C) enters into an agreement with the agency for alternative payment procedures if the agency determines that there are unusual circumstances justifying a waiver of income withholding;

(2) the obligor is in compliance with additional requirements and limitations imposed by the agency by regulation to assure that forgiveness of the arrearage is in the best interest of the child and of the state; and

(3) the obligor makes monthly payments pursuant to a payment agreement approved by the agency; if the obligor misses more than two monthly payments in a calendar year or more than two consecutive payments without approval of the agency for good cause, the obligor is not eligible to continue in the arrears forgiveness program under this section.

(g) During each year in which an obligor complies with the requirements for the forgiveness of an arrearage under (f) of this section and any regulations adopted by the agency under that subsection, the agency may forgive up to 20 percent of the total arrearage owed to the state under AS 25.27.120 , including any interest owed on that debt. For purposes of determining the amount of the forgiveness, the arrears shall be calculated as of the date the obligor is approved for participation in the forgiveness program.

(h) The agency may establish by regulation requirements and limitations on eligibility in addition to those stated in (f) and (g) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.031 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.031
Voidable marriages.
Status: in_force

If either party to a marriage is incapable of consenting to it at the time of the marriage for want of marriageable age of consent or sufficient understanding, or if the consent of either party is obtained by force or fraud, or if either party fails to consummate the marriage, the marriage is voidable but only at the suit of the party under the disability or upon whom the force or fraud is imposed.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.090 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.090
Report of petitioner's expenditures.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as specified in (b) of this section, the petitioner in any proceeding for the adoption of a minor shall file, before the petition is heard, a full accounting report in a manner acceptable to the court of all disbursements of anything of value made or agreed to be made by or on behalf of the petitioner in connection with the adoption. The report must show any expenses incurred in connection with (1) the birth of the minor;

(2) placement of the minor with petitioner;

(3) medical or hospital care received by the mother or by the minor during the mother's prenatal care and confinement; and

(4) services relating to the adoption or to the placement of the minor for adoption that were received by or on behalf of the petitioner, either natural parent of the minor, or any other person.

(b) This section does not apply to an adoption by a stepparent whose spouse is a natural or adoptive parent of the child.

(c) A report made under this section shall be signed and verified by the petitioner.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.281 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.281
Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

(b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

(c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as (1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or

(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.

Article 3. Civil Provisions of General Application.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.850 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.850
Appearance and limited immunity.
Status: in_force

(a) A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child custody determination is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state for another proceeding or purpose solely because of having participated, or having been physically present for the purpose of participating, in the proceeding.

(b) A party who is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state on a basis other than physical presence is not immune from service of process in this state. A party present in the state who is subject to the jurisdiction of another state is not immune from service of process allowable under the laws of that state.

(c) The immunity granted by (a) of this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to the participation in a proceeding under this chapter committed by an individual while present in this state.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.310 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.310
Representation of minor.
Status: in_force

(a) In an action involving a question of the custody, support, or visitation of a child, the court may, upon the motion of a party to the action or upon its own motion, appoint an attorney or the office of public advocacy to represent a minor with respect to the custody, support, and visitation of the minor or in any other legal proceeding involving the minor's welfare or to represent an unmarried 18-year-old child with respect to post-majority support while the child is actively pursuing a high school diploma or an equivalent level of technical or vocational training and living as a dependent with a parent or guardian or a designee of the parent or guardian. When custody, support, or visitation is at issue in a divorce, it is the responsibility of the parties or their counsel to notify the court that such a matter is at issue. Upon notification, the court shall determine whether the minor or other child should have legal representation or other services and shall make a finding on the record before trial. If the parties are indigent or temporarily without funds, the court shall appoint the office of public advocacy. The court shall notify the office of public advocacy if the office is required to provide legal representation or other services. The court shall enter an order for costs, fees, and disbursements in favor of the state and may further order that other services be provided for the protection of the minor or other child.

(b) If custody, support, or visitation is at issue, the order for costs, fees, and disbursements shall be made against either or both parents, except that, if one of the parties responsible for the costs is indigent, the costs, fees, and disbursements for that party shall be borne by the state. If the parents are only temporarily without funds, the office of public advocacy shall provide legal representation or other services required by the court. The attorney general is responsible for enforcing collections owed the state. Repayment shall be made to the Department of Revenue under AS 37.10.050 for deposit in the general fund. The court shall, if possible, avoid assigning costs to only one party by ordering that costs of the minor's legal representation or other services be paid from proceeds derived from a sale of joint, community, or individual property of the parties before a division of property is made.

(c) Instead of, or in addition to, appointment of an attorney under (a) of this section, the court may, upon the motion of either party or upon its own motion, appoint an attorney or other person or the office of public advocacy to provide guardian ad litem services to a child in any legal proceedings involving the child's welfare. The court shall require a guardian ad litem when, in the opinion of the court, representation of the child's best interests, to be distinguished from preferences, would serve the welfare of the child. The court in its order appointing a guardian ad litem shall limit the duration of the appointment of the guardian ad litem to the pendency of the legal proceedings affecting the child's interests, and shall outline the guardian ad litem's responsibilities and limit the authority to those matters related to the guardian's effective representation of the child's best interests in the pending legal proceeding. The court shall make every reasonable effort to appoint a guardian ad litem from among persons in the community where the child's parents or the person having legal custody or guardianship of the child's person reside. When custody, support, or visitation is at issue in a divorce, it is the responsibility of the parties or their counsel to notify the court that such a matter is at issue. Upon notification, the court shall determine if a child's best interests need representation or if a minor or other child needs other services and shall make a finding on the record before trial. If one or both of the parties is indigent or temporarily without funds the court shall appoint the office of public advocacy. The court shall notify the office of public advocacy if the office is required to provide guardian ad litem services. The court shall enter an order for costs, fees, and disbursements in favor of the state and may further order that other services be provided for the protection of a minor or other child.

Article 4. Legal Separation.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.312 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.312
Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
Status: in_force

If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.402 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.402
Proceeding to determine parentage.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.314 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.314
Limited immunity of petitioner.
Status: in_force

(a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.

(b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.

(c) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a party while present in this state to participate in the proceeding.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.081 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.081
Marriage commissioners.
Status: in_force

The presiding judge in each judicial district may, if the public interest requires, appoint one or more suitable persons as marriage commissioners. The presiding judge shall describe the marriage commissioner's area of jurisdiction in the order of appointment. A marriage commissioner may, within that jurisdiction, solemnize marriages in the same manner as a district judge or magistrate and may exercise any power, other than the power to issue marriage licenses, necessarily incident to the duties of a marriage commissioner. The clerk of court shall issue to the marriage commissioner a certified copy of the order of appointment and send a copy of it to the bureau.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.902 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.902
Severability.
Status: in_force

Under AS 01.10.030 , if a provision of this chapter or its application to a person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.611 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.611
Modification of child support order of another state.
Status: in_force

(a) If AS 25.25.613 does not apply, upon complaint or comparable pleading, a tribunal of this state may modify a child support order issued in another state that is registered in this state, if, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, the tribunal finds that (1) the following requirements are met: (A) neither the child, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the obligor resides in the issuing state;

(B) a petitioner who is not a resident of this state seeks modification; and

(C) the respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state; or

(2) this state is the residence of the child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal, and all of the parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record in the issuing tribunal providing that a tribunal of this state may modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.

(b) Modification of a registered child support order is subject to the same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.

(c) A tribunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a child support order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state, including the duration of the obligation of support. If two or more tribunals have issued child support orders for the same obligor and child, the order that is controlling and must be recognized under the provisions of AS 25.25.207 establishes the nonmodifiable aspects of the support order.

(d) On issuance of an order by a tribunal of this state modifying a child support order issued in another state, the tribunal of this state becomes the tribunal of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.

(e) In a proceeding to modify a child support order, the law of the state that is determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of support. The obligor's fulfillment of the duty of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further obligation of support by a tribunal of this state.

(f) Notwithstanding (a)  (e) of this section and AS 25.25.201 (b), a tribunal of this state retains jurisdiction to modify an order issued by a tribunal of this state if (1) one party resides in another state; and

(2) the other party resides outside the United States.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.260 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.260
Right to file action for divorce.
Status: in_force

No spouse may be precluded from filing an action for divorce under AS 25.24.010  25.24.180 upon dismissal or denial of a petition filed under AS 25.24.200  25.24.260.
Alaska Stat. § 25.15.040 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.15 / Section 25.15.040
Authority to act as attorney-in-fact for each other.
Status: in_force

A husband or wife may appoint the other as attorney-in-fact to control or dispose of property, and may revoke the appointment to the same extent and manner as other persons.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.311 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.311
Pleadings and accompanying documents.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country shall file a complaint or comparable pleading. Unless otherwise ordered under AS 25.25.312 , or otherwise prohibited by law, the complaint or comparable pleading or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and the alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the complaint or comparable pleading must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The complaint or comparable pleading may include other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

(b) The complaint or comparable pleading must specify the relief sought. The complaint or comparable pleading and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.150 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.150
Initiation of administrative enforcement of orders; required notice.
Status: in_force

(a) If an arrearage occurs under a support order being enforced by the agency for which immediate income withholding is not required under AS 25.27.062 (a) or an application is made to the agency for withholding under AS 25.27.062 (d), the agency may execute an income withholding order without prior notice to the obligor. At the time of execution, the agency shall serve a notice of income withholding on the obligor. Notice under this subsection shall be served upon the obligor by certified mail to the obligor's last known address, and service is complete when the notice is properly addressed, certified, and mailed.

(b) The notice must state the amount of the overdue support that is owed, if any, and the amount of income that will be withheld.

(c) The notice shall inform the obligor that income withholding has been ordered and of the procedures to follow if the obligor wishes to contest withholding on the grounds that the withholding is improper due to a mistake of fact. The notice must also inform the obligor of the information that was provided to the employer in the document that ordered the withholding.

(d) If the obligor requests a hearing, it shall be conducted under the department's regulations for informal conferences and shall be held within 15 days of the date of the request. The hearing may only be held to determine if there is a mistake of fact that makes the income withholding order improper because the amount of current or overdue support is incorrect, the identity of the obligor is inaccurate, or, for initiated withholding based on AS 25.27.062 (c)(3)(A), the alleged facts regarding overdue payments or potential withdrawal of assets are incorrect. The order is not subject to any other legal defenses. It is not a defense to an income withholding order issued under AS 25.27.062 (c)(2) that less than one full month's payment is past due if at least one full month's payment was past due on the date notice was served under this section.

(e) The conference officer shall inform the obligor of the informal conference decision either at the informal conference hearing or within 15 days after the hearing.

(f) If the conference officer determines that withholding will continue, the obligor may request a formal hearing as provided in the department's regulations.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.330 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.330
Temporary emergency jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse.

(b) If there is no previous child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter and if a child custody proceeding has not been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.300  25.30.320, a child custody determination made under this section remains in effect until an order is obtained from a court of a state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300  25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.300  25.30.320. If a child custody proceeding has not been or is not commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300  25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.300  25.30.320, a child custody determination made under this section becomes a final determination if it so provides and this state becomes the home state of the child.

(c) If there is a previous child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this chapter or a child custody proceeding has been commenced in a court of a state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300  25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.300  25.30.320, an order issued by a court of this state under this section must specify in the order a period that the court considers adequate to allow the person seeking an order to obtain an order from the state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300  25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.300  25.30.320. The order issued in this state remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other state within the period specified or the period expires.

(d) A court of this state that has been asked to make a child custody determination under this section, on being informed that a child custody proceeding has been commenced in, or a child custody determination has been made by, a court of a state having jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300  25.30.320 or provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.300  25.30.320 shall immediately communicate with the other court. A court of this state that is exercising jurisdiction under AS 25.30.300  25.30.320, on being informed that a child custody proceeding has been commenced in, or a child custody determination has been made by, a court of another state under a statute substantially similar to this section, shall immediately communicate with the court of that state to resolve the emergency, protect the safety of the parties and the child, and determine a period for the duration of the temporary order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.500 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.500
Costs, fees, and expenses.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by court rules, the court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including costs, communication expenses, attorney fees, investigative fees, expenses for witnesses, travel expenses, and child care expenses incurred during the course of the proceedings, unless the party from whom costs, fees, or expenses are sought establishes that the award would be clearly inappropriate.

(b) The court may not assess costs, fees, or expenses against a state unless authorized by law other than this chapter or by court rule.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.830 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.830
Priority.
Status: in_force

If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this chapter is raised in a child custody proceeding, the question, on request of a party, shall be given priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.255 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.255
Disposition of payments under income withholding orders.
Status: reserved

(a) The agency shall pay to the obligee all money recovered by the agency from the obligor under an income withholding order except for court costs and money assigned to the agency under AS 25.27.120  25.27.130. However, if there is more than one income withholding order under this chapter against an obligor, the agency shall allocate amounts available for withholding in a manner that gives priority to current support up to the limits imposed under 15 U.S.C. 1673(b) (sec. 303(b), Consumer Credit Protection Act). Notwithstanding the priority given to current support, the agency shall establish procedures for allocation of support among obligees so that in no case will the allocation result in a withholding order for one obligee not being implemented.

(b) [Repealed, § 34 ch 7 FSSLA 1994.] (c) [Repealed, § 34 ch 7 FSSLA 1994.]
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.091 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.091
Application for license; disclosure for child support purposes.
Status: in_force

(a) One of the contracting parties to a prospective marriage shall, at least three days before the time of issuance, file with the licensing officer written, verbal, or telegraphic application for a license. Before issuance of the license, each contracting party shall make a statement under oath that the contemplated marriage meets the requirements of law, giving the names, relationship if any, residence, occupation, and age of each party; naming guardians of any party under the legal age for marriage; and describing any prior marriage of either party, and the manner of dissolution of it. This statement may be made and executed before a notary public or postmaster who shall certify it to the licensing officer.

(b) In addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, each contracting party to the prospective marriage shall provide to the licensing officer the party's social security number, if any. Upon request, the licensing officer shall provide a social security number provided under this subsection to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 , or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.055 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.055
Early acknowledgement of paternity program.
Status: in_force

(a) When a birth occurs to an unmarried woman in a hospital or en route to a hospital to which the woman is later admitted, the hospital shall ensure that a staff member (1) meets with the woman before release from the hospital;

(2) attempts to meet with the father of the unmarried woman's child, if possible;

(3) presents to the mother and, if possible, the father, a pamphlet or statement regarding the rights and responsibilities of a natural parent; the Department of Health shall prepare this pamphlet and distribute copies of it to each hospital in the state, to each physician in the state whose practice includes attendance at births, to each certified nurse midwife and certified direct-entry midwife in the state, and to other interested persons in the state who request copies;

(4) provides to the mother and, if possible, the father, all forms, statements, or agreements necessary to voluntarily establish a parent and child relationship, including an acknowledgment of paternity form prepared under AS 18.50.165 ;

(5) on request of the mother and father, assists the father in completing specific forms, statements, or agreements necessary to establish a parent and child relationship between the father and the child; and

(6) on request of the mother and father, mails a completed voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form to the state registrar for filing under AS 18.50.165 .

(b) When a birth occurs to an unmarried woman who is not in a hospital for the birth nor admitted to a hospital immediately after the birth, and the birth is attended by a physician, certified nurse midwife, or certified direct-entry midwife, the physician, certified nurse midwife, or certified direct-entry midwife shall perform the duties described in (a)(2) - (6) of this section or ensure that an agent performs those duties.

(c) When a birth occurs in a situation that is not covered by either (a) or (b) of this section, any adult may, upon request of the father and mother, assist them in filing a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity form with the state registrar under AS 18.50.165 .

(d) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the Department of Health may adopt regulations to establish exceptions for good cause that identify circumstances under which a hospital is not required to comply with (a) of this section. A hospital may be excused from complying with (a) of this section if the hospital meets those regulatory requirements.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.305 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.305
Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
Status: in_force

(a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a complaint or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly under AS 25.25.301 (c), it shall cause the complaint or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.

(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by law, may do one or more of the following: (1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of the child;

(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;

(3) order income withholding;

(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;

(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;

(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, electronic mailing address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;

(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;

(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;

(11) award reasonable attorney fees and other fees and costs; and

(12) grant any other available remedy.

(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.

(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.

(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.227 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.227
Nature of remedies.
Status: in_force

AS 25.27.225 and 25.27.226 provide remedies in addition to and not as a substitute for any other remedies available to the parties.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.302 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.302
Proceeding by minor parent.
Status: in_force

A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.191 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.191
Marriage license application.
Status: in_force

A licensing officer shall make available an application for a marriage license for completion by the parties who wish to be married. The officer shall keep the completed applications, a record of licenses issued, and all other information that the officer is required by law to obtain. These records shall be kept in the office of the licensing officer and shall be open for public inspection or examination during normal office hours.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.605 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.605
Notice of registration of order.
Status: in_force

(a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party (1) that a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;

(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under AS 25.25.708 ;

(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages and precludes further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted; and

(4) of the amount of alleged arrearages.

(c) Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer under AS 25.27 .

(d) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also (1) identify the orders, the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order, and the consolidated arrears, if any;

(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;

(3) state that the procedures provided in (b) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.602 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.602
Procedure to register order for enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in AS 25.25.707 , a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to a tribunal of this state: (1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;

(2) two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;

(3) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;

(4) the name of the obligor and, if known, (A) the obligor's address and social security number;

(B) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and

(C) a description and the location of property in this state of the obligor not exempt from execution; and

(5) except as otherwise provided in AS 25.25.312 , the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.

(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall file the order as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.

(c) A complaint or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.

(d) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall (1) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;

(2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and

(3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.

(e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.430 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.430
Registration of child custody determination.
Status: in_force

(a) A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this state (1) a letter or other document requesting registration;

(2) two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be registered and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that to the best knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the order has not been modified; and

(3) except as otherwise provided in AS 25.30.380 , the name and address of the person seeking registration and the parent or person acting as a parent who has been awarded custody or visitation in the child custody determination sought to be registered.

(b) On receipt of the documents required by (a) of this section, the registering court shall (1) cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one copy of any accompanying documents and information, regardless of their form; and

(2) serve notice on the persons named under (a)(3) of this section and provide them with an opportunity to contest the registration under this section.

(c) The notice required by (b)(2) of this section must state that (1) a registered determination is enforceable as of the date of the registration in the same manner as a determination issued by a court of this state;

(2) a hearing to contest the validity of the registered determination must be requested within 20 days after service of notice; and

(3) failure to contest the registration will result in confirmation of the child custody determination and preclude further contest of that determination with respect to a matter that could have been asserted.

(d) A person seeking to contest the validity of a registered order must request a hearing within 20 days after service of the notice. At that hearing, the court shall confirm the registered order unless the person contesting registration establishes that (1) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.300  25.30.390;

(2) the child custody determination sought to be registered has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.300  25.30.390; or

(3) the person contesting registration was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with provisions substantially similar to AS 25.30.840 in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which registration is sought.

(e) If a timely request for a hearing to contest the validity of the registration is not made, the registration is confirmed as a matter of law, and the person requesting registration and all persons served must be notified of the confirmation.

(f) Confirmation of a registered order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to a matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.165 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.165
Change of name in divorce or annulment.
Status: in_force

(a) In a judgment in an action for divorce or action declaring a marriage void, the court may change the name of either of the parties.

(b) If a party seeks a change of name to a name other than a prior name, the court shall set a date for hearing not less than 40 days after filing of the action. Notice of the application for a change of name to a name other than a prior name and the date of the hearing shall be published once each week for four consecutive calendar weeks before the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district. The court may also require posting of the notice at locations it considers appropriate. The court shall by judgment authorize the party to assume the new name not less than 30 days after issuance of the judgment, if the court is satisfied that no reasonable objection exists to assumption of the new name. Within 10 days after issuance of the judgment the party shall publish notice of the approval of the name change in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district. The court may also require the posting of a copy of the judgment.

(c) This section does not apply to a person who seeks a change of name other than a prior name and who is committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections, on probation under AS 33.05 , on parole under AS 33.16 , or required to register as a sex offender under AS 12.63 .

(d) A person seeking a change of name to a prior name under this section shall notify the court if the person is (1) committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections, on probation under AS 33.05 , or on parole under AS 33.16 ; a person subject to this paragraph shall provide proof satisfactory to the court that notice of the petition has been provided to the person's assigned probation or parole officer;

(2) required to register as a sex offender under AS 12.63 ; a person subject to this paragraph shall provide proof satisfactory to the court that notice of the petition has been provided to the Department of Public Safety; or

(3) charged with an offense; a person subject to this paragraph shall provide the court with the case number associated with the offense.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.190 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.190
Modification of administrative finding or decision.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless a support order has been entered by a court and except as provided in AS 25.25 , the obligor, or the obligee or the obligee's custodian, may petition the agency or its designee for a modification of the administrative finding or decision of responsibility previously entered with regard to future periodic support payments. In addition, the agency may initiate a modification and grant a hearing under (c)  (e) of this section.

(b) The agency shall grant a hearing upon a petition made under (a) of this section if affidavits submitted with the petition make a showing of good cause and material change in circumstances sufficient to justify action under (e) of this section.

(c) If a hearing is granted, the agency shall serve a notice of hearing together with a copy of any petition and affidavits submitted on the obligee or the obligee's custodian and the obligor personally or by registered, certified, or insured mail, return receipt requested, for restricted delivery only to the person to whom the notice is directed or to the person authorized under federal regulation to receive that person's restricted delivery mail.

(d) A hearing shall be set not less than 15 nor more than 30 days from the date of mailing of notice of hearing, unless extended for good cause.

(e) Modification or termination of future periodic support payments may be ordered upon a showing of good cause and material change in circumstances. The adoption or enactment of guidelines or a significant amendment to guidelines for determining child support is a material change in circumstances, if the guidelines are relevant to the petition. As necessary to comply with 42 U.S.C. 666, a periodic modification of child support may be made without a showing of a material change in circumstances if the child support order being modified on the periodic basis has not been modified or adjusted during the three years preceding the periodic modification.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.713 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.713
Personal information; limit on use.
Status: in_force

Personal information gathered or transmitted under AS 25.25.702  25.25.714 may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.051 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.051
Effect of existing former marriage.
Status: in_force

If, during the lifetime of a husband or wife with whom a marriage is still in force, a person remarries and the parties to the subsequent marriage live together as husband and wife, and one of the parties to the subsequent marriage believes in good faith that the former husband or wife is dead or that the former marriage has been annulled or dissolved by a divorce or is without knowledge of the former marriage, then after the death or divorce of the other party to the former marriage, if they continue to live together as husband and wife in good faith on the part of one of them, they are legally married from the time of removal of the impediment, and the issue of the subsequent marriage are the legitimate issue of both parents, whether born before or after the removal of the impediment.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.130 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.130
Effect of adoption decree; effect of termination of parental rights.
Status: in_force

(a) A final decree of adoption, whether issued by a court of this state or of any other state, has the following effect as to matters within the jurisdiction or before a court of this state: (1) except with respect to a spouse of the petitioner and relatives of the spouse, to relieve the natural parents of the adopted person of all parental rights and responsibilities, and, except as provided in (c) of this section, to terminate all legal relationships between the adopted person and the natural parents and other relatives of the adopted person, so that the adopted person thereafter is a stranger to the former relatives for all purposes including inheritance, unless the decree of adoption specifically provides for continuation of inheritance rights, and the interpretation or construction of documents, statutes, and instruments, whether executed before or after the adoption is decreed, that do not expressly include the person by name or by some designation not based on a parent and child or blood relationship; and

(2) to create the relationship of parent and child between petitioner and the adopted person, as if the adopted person were a legitimate blood descendant of the petitioner, for all purposes including inheritance and applicability of statutes, documents, and instruments, whether executed before or after the adoption is decreed, that do not expressly exclude an adopted person from their operation or effect.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, if a parent of a child dies without the relationship of parent and child having been previously terminated and a spouse of the living parent thereafter adopts the child, the child's right of inheritance from or through the deceased parent is unaffected by the adoption.

(c) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an adoption that allows visitation between the adopted person and that person's natural parents or other relatives.

(d) Except as provided in (e) and (f) of this section, a decree terminating parental rights on the grounds set out in AS 25.23.180 (c)(2) voids all legal relationships between the child and the biological parent so that the child is a stranger to the biological parent and to relatives of the biological parent for all purposes, including interpretation of documents executed before or after the termination of parental rights that do not include the child by name or by a description not based on a parental or blood relationship.

(e) Inheritance rights between a child and a biological parent are not voided by a decree terminating parental rights on the grounds set out in AS 25.23.180 (c)(2) unless the decree specifically provides for the termination of inheritance rights.

(f) A decree ordering termination of parental rights between a biological parent and a child on the grounds specified in AS 25.23.180 (c)(2) does not relieve the biological parent of an obligation to pay child support unless the decree specifically provides for the termination of the obligation to pay child support. A child support obligation under this subsection does not entitle the obligor to contact or otherwise maintain a relationship with the child.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.120 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.120
Closure of custody proceedings and records.
Status: in_force

At any stage of a proceeding involving custody of a child the court may, if it is in the best interests of the child, close the proceeding to the public or order the court records closed to the public temporarily or permanently. The court may modify or vacate an order under this section at any time.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.209 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.209
Credit for payments.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period under any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.410 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.410
Grounds for a legal separation.
Status: in_force

A legal separation may be granted by the court based on a finding that (1) an incompatibility of temperament exists between the parties; and

(2) the continuation of the parties' status as married persons preserves or protects significant legal, financial, social, or religious interests.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.840 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.840
Notice to persons outside the state.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this state may be given under Rule 4, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, or in a manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notice shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice but may be by publication if other means are not effective.

(b) Proof of service may be made under Rule 4, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, or in the manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the service is made.

(c) Notice is not required for the exercise of jurisdiction with respect to a person who submits to the jurisdiction of the court.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.103 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.103
Payments to agency.
Status: in_force

An obligor shall make child support payments to the agency if the agency is enforcing a duty of child support under AS 25.25 or this chapter. The agency shall disburse that portion of a payment that exceeds the amount of money necessary to satisfy the obligor's immediate duty of support in accordance with state and federal requirements. The agency may characterize a support payment physically received by the agency through wage withholding during the last five business days of the month as having been received on the first day of the next calendar month if the agency determines that the payment was made in the course of regular wage withholding intended for the next calendar month. The agency shall credit money disbursed under this section toward satisfaction of the obligor's duty of support.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.120 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.120
Hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) The presence of the petitioner and the person to be adopted is not required at the hearing on the petition unless ordered by the court.

(b) The court may continue the hearing from time to time to permit further observation, investigation, or consideration of any facts or circumstances affecting the granting of the petition.

(c) If at the conclusion of the hearing the court determines that the required consents have been obtained or excused and that the adoption is in the best interest of the person to be adopted, it may issue a final decree of adoption.

(d) If the requirements for a decree under (c) of this section have not been met, the court shall dismiss the petition and determine, in the best interests of the minor, the person including the petitioner to have custody of the minor.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.410 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.410
Duty to enforce.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the court of the other state exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this chapter or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this chapter and the determination has not been modified in accordance with this chapter.

(b) A court of this state may use a remedy available under other law of this state to enforce a child custody determination made by a court of another state. The procedure provided by AS 25.30.400  25.30.590 does not affect the availability of other remedies to enforce a child custody determination.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.400 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.400
Enforcement under the Hague Convention.
Status: in_force

Under AS 25.30.400  25.30.590, a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of a child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if the order were a child custody determination.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.601 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.601
Registration of order for enforcement.
Status: in_force

A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.065 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.065
Waiver of child support.
Status: in_force

(a) A custodian of a child, including a custodial parent, owes a duty to that child to ensure that child support is paid by a noncustodial parent who is obligated to pay it. An agreement to waive past or future child support, made between an obligor and a person who is entitled to receive support on behalf of an obligee, is not enforceable unless (1) the agreement is put in writing at the time the agreement is made; and

(2) the agreement is signed at the time it is made by both the obligor and the person acting for the obligee.

(b) When the right to receive child support has been assigned to a governmental entity, an agreement under (a) of this section that has not been adopted as an administrative order of the agency is not effective during a period when the obligee is receiving assistance under AS 47.27 .

(c) In a separation, dissolution, or divorce proceeding, a court may not accept a waiver of support by a custodial parent without proof that the custodial parent can support the needs of the child adequately.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.340 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.340
Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a child custody determination is made under this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with AS 25.30.840 shall be given to all persons entitled to notice under the law of this state as in child custody proceedings between residents of this state, a parent whose parental rights have not been previously terminated, and a person having physical custody of the child.

(b) This chapter does not govern the enforceability of a child custody determination made without notice or an opportunity to be heard.

(c) The obligation to join a party and the right to intervene as a party in a child custody proceeding under this chapter are governed by the law of this state as in child custody proceedings between residents of this state.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.310 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.310
Duties of state information and locator agency.
Status: in_force

The child support services agency is the state information agency under this chapter, and it shall (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction under this chapter and the appropriate agency offices in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;

(2) maintain a register of the names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;

(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in this state all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; and

(4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state that is not exempt from execution by postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.320 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.320
Interest on agency return of certain overpayments.
Status: in_force

(a) If the agency disburses money to an obligor because the agency made an error and mistakenly required the obligor to overpay under a support order enforced by the agency, the agency shall include interest with the disbursement at the rate of six percent a year. The interest accrues from the date the payment at issue was received by the agency, regardless of when the payment is determined to be an overpayment.

(b) The provisions of (a) of this section do not apply to situations where the agency is ordered by a court to return money to an obligor based on the obligor's being the prevailing party in a court action.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.420 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.420
Residency required.
Status: in_force

One of the parties to a complaint for legal separation must be a resident of the state at the time the action is commenced.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.193 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.193
Periodic review or adjustment of support orders.
Status: in_force

As necessary to comply with 42 U.S.C. 666, the agency, by regulation, shall provide procedures and standards for the modification, through a three-year cycle of review or adjustment, of a support order. Regulations adopted under this section must include procedures for periodic notice of the right to request review, procedures for hearings, and standards for adjustments regarding future periodic support payments. A modification under this section may be made without a showing of a material change in circumstances.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.232 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.232
Children as dependents for tax purposes.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of AS 25.24.200  25.24.260, the court may not grant a final decree of dissolution that incorporates an agreement between the parties if the agreement unconditionally entitles a noncustodial parent to claim a child as a dependent under federal income tax laws. The court may incorporate into the decree of dissolution an agreement between the parties that entitles a noncustodial parent to claim a child as a dependent under federal tax laws for a tax year if the noncustodial parent satisfies the requirements of federal law and was not in arrears at the end of the tax year in an amount more than four times the monthly obligation under (1) a support order applicable to the child in cases where a payment schedule has not been established for payment of continuing support and accumulated arrears under the support order; or

(2) a payment schedule if a payment schedule has been established for payment of continuing support and accumulated arrears under a support order applicable to the child.

(b) In this section, noncustodial parent means the parent who has actual physical custody of the child for less time than the other parent.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.200 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.200
Dissolution of marriage.
Status: in_force

(a) A husband and wife together may petition the superior court for the dissolution of their marriage under AS 25.24.200  25.24.260 if the following conditions exist at the time of filing the petition: (1) incompatibility of temperament has caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage;

(2) if there are unmarried children of the marriage under the age of 19 or the wife is pregnant, and the spouses have agreed on which spouse or third party is to be awarded custody of each minor child of the marriage and the extent of visitation, including visitation by grandparents and other persons if in the child's best interests, and support to be provided on the children's behalf, whether the payments are to be made through the child support services agency, and the tax consequences of that agreement;

(3) the spouses have agreed as to the distribution of all real and personal property that is jointly owned or community property under AS 34.77 , including retirement benefits and the payment of spousal maintenance, if any, and the tax consequences resulting from these payments; the agreement must be fair and just and take into consideration the factors listed in AS 25.24.160 (a)(2) and (4) so that the economic effect of dissolution is fairly allocated; and

(4) the spouses have agreed as to the payment of all unpaid obligations incurred by either or both of them and as to payment of obligations incurred jointly in the future.

(b) A husband or wife may separately petition for dissolution of their marriage under AS 25.24.200  25.24.260 if the following conditions exist at the time of filing the petition: (1) incompatibility of temperament, as evidenced by extended absence or otherwise, has caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage;

(2) the petitioning spouse has been unable to ascertain the other spouse's position in regard to the dissolution of their marriage and in regard to the fair and just division of property, including retirement benefits, spousal maintenance, payment of debts, and custody, support and visitation because the whereabouts of the other spouse is unknown to the petitioning spouse after reasonable efforts have been made to locate the absent spouse; and

(3) the other spouse cannot be personally served with process inside or outside the state.

(c) Except as provided in AS 25.24.220 (i), a spouse who has been personally served with a copy of a petition filed under (a) of this section may execute an appearance, waiver of time to answer, and waiver of notice of hearing. The appearance and waivers must include an acknowledgment signed before an officer authorized to administer an oath or affirmation that the spouse being served has read the petition; assents to the terms relating to custody of the children, child support, visitation, spousal maintenance taking into consideration the factors listed in AS 25.24.160 (a)(2), and tax consequences, division of property, including retirement benefits and taking into consideration the factors listed in AS 25.24.160 (a)(4), ownership of animals, taking into consideration the well-being of the animals, and allocation of debts; agrees that the conditions otherwise required by (a) of this section exist; agrees that the petition constitutes the entire agreement between the parties; understands fully the nature and consequences of the action; and is not signing the appearance and waivers under duress or coercion.

(d) The action created under this section is separate from the action created by AS 25.24.010 . The procedures prescribed by AS 25.24.200  25.24.260 do not apply to an action brought under AS 25.24.010 , nor do procedures prescribed under AS 25.24.010  25.24.180 apply to an action filed under this section, except as specifically provided.

(e) Spousal maintenance and a division of property must fairly allocate the economic effect of dissolution and take into consideration the factors listed in AS 25.24.160 (a)(2) and (4).

(f) A petition filed under (a) or (b) of this section may, if an animal is owned by a husband and wife together, provide for the ownership or joint ownership of the animal. The ownership or joint ownership of an animal provided for in a petition under (a) or (b) of this section must take into consideration the well-being of the animal.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.420 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.420
Temporary visitation.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing (1) a visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or

(2) the visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule.

(b) If a court of this state makes an order under (a)(2) of this section, it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in AS 25.30.300  25.30.390. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.351 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.351
Violation concerning marriage license application.
Status: in_force

A licensing officer who refuses or neglects to keep a complete record of each application and of each marriage license issued, or who fails to keep marriage license applications open for inspection or examination by the public during office hours is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $50. Each failure, neglect, or refusal constitutes a separate offense.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.260 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.260
Civil liability upon failure to comply with an order or lien.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person, political subdivision, or department of the state (1) fails to make an answer to an order to withhold and deliver within the time prescribed in AS 25.27.250 ; (2) fails or refuses to deliver property in accordance with an order issued under AS 25.27.250 ; (3) pays over, releases, sells, transfers, or conveys real property subject to a lien recorded under AS 25.27.230 to or for the benefit of the obligor or any other person; (4) fails or refuses to surrender upon demand property attached; or (5) intentionally fails or refuses to honor an assignment of wages or an income withholding order under AS 25.27.062 that was served by the agency through personal service by a process server or through certified mail, return receipt requested, the person, political subdivision, or department of the state is liable to the agency in an amount equal to 100 percent of the amount constituting the basis of the lien, order to withhold and deliver, attachment, or withholding of wages or income, together with costs, interest, and reasonable attorney fees.

(b) A person, political subdivision, or department of the state that intentionally fails or refuses to honor a properly served income withholding order under AS 25.27.062 that is not being enforced by the agency is liable to the obligee in an amount equal to 100 percent of the amount ordered to be withheld together with costs, interest, and reasonable attorney fees.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.707 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.707
Registration of convention support order.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in AS 25.25.702  25.25.714, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in AS 25.25.601  25.25.616.

(b) Notwithstanding AS 25.25.311 and 25.25.602(a), a request for registration of a convention support order must be accompanied by (1) a complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague Conference on Private International Law;

(2) a record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country;

(3) if the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;

(4) a record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated;

(5) a record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and

(6) if necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.

(c) A request for registration of a convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.

(d) A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a convention support order without the filing of a contest under AS 25.25.708 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.

(e) The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a convention support order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.020 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.020
Void marriages.
Status: in_force

A marriage which is prohibited by law on account of consanguinity between the persons, or a subsequent marriage contracted by a person during the life of a former husband or wife which marriage has not been annulled or dissolved is void.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.210 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.210
Petition for dissolution.
Status: in_force

(a) The caption in a petition for dissolution of marriage under AS 25.24.200  25.24.260 shall be styled substantially In the Matter of the Dissolution of the Marriage of .............. and ..............

(b) The petition shall be filed with the superior court and shall either (1) recite that the conditions enumerated under AS 25.24.200 (a) exist and shall be signed and verified by both of the petitioners or by one petitioner, if that petitioner personally serves the petition on the other spouse in accordance with the Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure in anticipation that the spouse will comply with AS 25.24.200 (c); or

(2) recite that the conditions enumerated under AS 25.24.200 (b) exist and be signed and verified by one of the petitioners.

(c) The petition shall state that the spouse or spouses executing the petition consent to the jurisdiction of the court.

(d) The petition shall request that the marriage be dissolved and that the name of a spouse be changed, if desired by that spouse.

(e) If the petition is filed by both spouses under AS 25.24.200 (a), the petition must state in detail the terms of the agreement between the spouses concerning the custody of children, child support in terms of periodic payments and in terms of health care expenses, visitation, spousal maintenance and tax consequences, if any, and fair and just division of property, including retirement benefits. A petition filed by both spouses under AS 25.24.200 (a) may provide for the ownership or joint ownership of an animal, taking into consideration the well-being of the animal. Agreements on spousal maintenance and property division must fairly allocate the economic effect of dissolution and take into consideration the factors listed in AS 25.24.160 (a)(2) and (4). In addition, the petition must state (1) the respective occupations of the petitioners;

(2) the income, assets, and liabilities of the respective petitioners at the time of filing the petition;

(3) the date and place of the marriage;

(4) the name, date of birth, and current marital, educational, and custodial status of each child born of the marriage or adopted by the petitioners who is under the age of 19;

(5) whether the wife is pregnant;

(6) whether either petitioner requires medical care or treatment;

(7) whether any of the following has been issued or filed during the marriage by or regarding either spouse as defendant, participant, or respondent: (A) a criminal charge of a crime involving domestic violence;

(B) a protective order under AS 18.66.100  18.66.180;

(C) injunctive relief under former AS 25.35.010 or 25.35.020; or

(D) a protective order issued in another jurisdiction and recognized in this state under AS 18.66.140 ;

(8) whether either petitioner has received the advice of legal counsel regarding a divorce or dissolution;

(9) other facts and circumstances that the petitioners believe should be considered;

(10) that the petition constitutes the entire agreement between the petitioners; and

(11) any other relief sought by the petitioners.

(f) A petition filed under this section must include or be accompanied by a record of the social security numbers, if ascertainable, of the following persons: (1) both spouses to the marriage being dissolved;

(2) each child whose rights are being addressed in the petition for dissolution.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.900 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.900
Residency of military personnel.
Status: in_force

A person serving in a military branch of the United States government who has been continuously stationed at a military base or installation in the state for at least 30 days is considered a resident of the state for the purposes of this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.221 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.221
Forms.
Status: in_force

(a) Forms for application, statements, consent of parents, affidavits, licenses, and other forms necessary to comply with this chapter shall be prescribed by the registrar and provided at the expense of the state. The registrar shall furnish all necessary forms to each licensing officer.

(b) The registrar shall supervise the record work and required reporting of the licensing officers.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.304 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.304
Duties of initiating tribunal.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the filing of a complaint or comparable pleading authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the complaint or comparable pleading and its accompanying documents (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or

(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.

(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other documents and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request, the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert the amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.107 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.107
Certification of arrears.
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after receipt of a written request from an obligee or an obligee's personal representative, the agency shall provide the obligee with a document that certifies whether or not the obligor was, at the end of the most recent calendar year, (1) in arrears under the support order in an amount more than four times the monthly obligation under the order in cases where a payment schedule has not been established for payment of continuing support and accumulated arrears under the support order; or

(2) in arrears under a payment schedule in an amount more than four times the monthly obligation under the payment schedule if a payment schedule has been established for payment of continuing support and accumulated arrears under the support order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.061 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.061
Visitation in proceedings involving domestic violence.
Status: in_force

If visitation is awarded to a parent who has committed a crime involving domestic violence, against the other parent or a child of the two parents, within the five years preceding the award of visitation, the court may set conditions for the visitation, including (1) the transfer of the child for visitation must occur in a protected setting;

(2) visitation shall be supervised by another person or agency and under specified conditions as ordered by the court;

(3) the perpetrator shall attend and complete, to the satisfaction of the court, a program for the rehabilitation of perpetrators of domestic violence that meets the standards set by the Department of Corrections under AS 44.28.020 (b), or other counseling; the perpetrator shall be required to pay the costs of the program or other counseling;

(4) the perpetrator shall abstain from possession or consumption of alcohol or controlled substances during the visitation and for 24 hours before visitation;

(5) the perpetrator shall pay costs of supervised visitation as set by the court;

(6) the prohibition of overnight visitation;

(7) the perpetrator shall post a bond to the court for the return and safety of the child; and

(8) any other condition necessary for the safety of the child, the other parent, or other household member.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.706 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.706
Direct request.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.

(b) An individual may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, AS 25.25.707  25.25.714 apply.

(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a convention support order or foreign support agreement, (1) a security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and

(2) an obligee or obligor who has benefited from free legal assistance in the issuing country is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.

(d) An individual filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the child support services agency.

(e) AS 25.25.702  25.25.714 do not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.204 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.204
Simultaneous proceedings.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the complaint or comparable pleading is filed after a complaint or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if (1) the complaint or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;

(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and

(3) if relevant, this state is the home state of the child.

(b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the complaint or comparable pleading is filed before a complaint or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if (1) the complaint or comparable pleading in the other state or the foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;

(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and

(3) if relevant, the other state or the foreign country is the home state of the child.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.121 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.121
Marriage license.
Status: in_force

The marriage license issued by a licensing officer in this state authorizes the marriage ceremony to be performed anywhere in the state. The license shall be directed to any person authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize marriage, and shall authorize that person to solemnize marriage between the parties identified by the license within three months of the date of the license. If either party is not of legal age for marriage, that party's age and the fact of the consent of the parents or guardian of the underaged party shall be stated. If either party has previously been married, the number of previous marriages shall be stated. The registrar may require other matter necessary to identify the parties to be included in the license. The issuance of a license does not remove or dispense with any legal disability, impediment, or prohibition rendering marriage between the parties illegal, and a statement to that effect shall be included in the license.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.100 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.100
Reasons for denial to be set out.
Status: in_force

If a parent or the guardian ad litem requests shared custody of a child and the court denies the request, the reasons for the denial shall be stated on the record.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.220 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.220
Procedure in judicial reviews.
Status: in_force

(a) An appeal shall be heard by the superior court sitting without a jury.

(b) Inquiry in an appeal extends to the following questions: (1) whether the agency has proceeded without or in excess of jurisdiction; (2) whether there was a fair hearing; and (3) whether there was a prejudicial abuse of discretion. Abuse of discretion is established if the agency has not proceeded in the manner required by law, the order or decision is not supported by the findings, or the findings are not supported by the evidence.

(c) The court may exercise its independent judgment on the evidence. If it is claimed that the findings are not supported by the evidence, abuse of discretion is established if the court determines that the findings are not supported by (1) the weight of the evidence; or

(2) substantial evidence in the light of the whole record.

(d) The court may augment the agency record in whole or in part, or hold a hearing de novo. If the court finds that there is relevant evidence which, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, could not have been produced or which was improperly excluded at the hearing, the court may (1) enter judgment as provided in (e) of this section and remand the case to be reconsidered in the light of that evidence; or

(2) admit the evidence at the appellate hearing without remanding the case.

(e) The court shall enter judgment setting aside, modifying, remanding, or affirming the decision, without limiting or controlling in any way the discretion legally vested in the agency.

(f) The court in which proceedings under this section are started may stay the operation of the decision until (1) the court enters judgment;

(2) a notice of further appeal from the judgment is filed; or

(3) the time for filing the notice of appeal expires.

(g) A stay may not be imposed or continued if the court is satisfied that it is against the public interest.

(h) If further appeal is taken, the supreme court may, in its discretion, stay the superior court judgment or agency order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.901 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.901
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.010 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.010
Creation of child support services agency.
Status: in_force

There is created in the Department of Revenue the child support services agency.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.063 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.063
Medical support order.
Status: reserved

(a) [Repealed, § 23 ch 106 SLA 2000.] (b) If a parent who is required to provide health care coverage under a medical support order is eligible for family health coverage through an employer, the court or agency issuing the medical support order shall send a copy of the medical support order to the employer. If the agency has notice that the parent has changed or will be changing employment and is or will be eligible for family health coverage through the new employer, the agency shall send a copy of the medical support order to the new employer.

(c) An employer who receives a copy of a medical support order under (b) of this section (1) shall allow the employee named in the order to enroll the child under the family coverage without regard to restrictions relating to enrollment periods if the child is otherwise eligible and is not already enrolled under the family coverage;

(2) shall, if the employee fails to apply for enrollment of a child under (1) of this subsection, enroll the child under the employee's family coverage upon application by the child's other parent or custodian, the child support services agency, or the Department of Health;

(3) may not disenroll or eliminate coverage of the child while the employee is still employed by the employer unless the employer has eliminated family health coverage for all of its employees or has received written evidence that (A) the employee is no longer required by court order or administrative order to provide the child's insurance coverage; or

(B) the child is or will be enrolled in comparable health coverage through another insurer that will take effect not later than the effective date of the disenrollment or elimination of coverage; and

(4) shall withhold from the employee's compensation the employee's share, if any, of premiums for health coverage to the extent permitted under 15 U.S.C. 1673(b) (Consumer Credit Protection Act) and pay the withheld amount to the appropriate insurer; if federal regulations allow the employer to withhold less than the employee's share of the insurance premium, the employer may withhold the lesser amount and pay it to the appropriate insurer.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.045 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.045
Legitimacy of children conceived by artificial insemination.
Status: in_force

A child, born to a married woman by means of artificial insemination performed by a licensed physician and consented to in writing by both spouses, is considered for all purposes the natural and legitimate child of both spouses.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.307 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.307
Duties of child support services agency.
Status: in_force

(a) The child support services agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.

(b) In providing services under this chapter to the petitioner, the child support services agency of this state shall (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;

(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;

(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;

(4) send notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal to the petitioner within five days after receipt, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays;

(5) send a copy of a communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney to the petitioner within five days after receipt, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays; and

(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.

(c) This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between the child support services agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.

(d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or modification shall make reasonable efforts (1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or

(2) if two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for the determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.

(e) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.

(f) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state under AS 25.25.319 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.615 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.615
Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in AS 25.25.712 , if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order under its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal, regardless of whether the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual under AS 25.25.611 has been given or the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.

(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child support order under this section is the controlling order.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.040 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.040
Determination of paternity.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency may appear on behalf of minor children or their mother or legal custodian or the state and initiate efforts to have the paternity of children born out of wedlock determined by the court. When the agency is a party to a court action in which paternity is contested, it shall request and pay for genetic testing and procedures under AS 25.20.050 (e) and may recover the costs of the testing as provided in AS 25.20.050 (f).

(b) The agency may not attempt to establish paternity in any case (1) involving incest or forcible rape, unless the mother of the child is legally competent and requests the establishment of paternity; in this paragraph, forcible rape means sexual assault in the first degree under AS 11.41.410 or a conviction under a law or ordinance from another jurisdiction with similar elements; forcible rape includes adjudications of delinquency for acts with elements similar to AS 11.41.410 ;

(2) when legal proceedings for adoption are pending; or

(3) when it would not be in the best interests of the children or the state.

(c) When the agency is a party in a court action in which paternity is contested, the agency shall move for a default judgment in a case that meets the conditions specified in AS 25.20.050 (g).
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.100 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.100
All persons may use agency.
Status: reserved

(a) The agency shall provide aid to any person due child support under the laws of this state upon application. The agency may, by regulation, impose a fee for services provided under this chapter.

(b) [Repealed, § 148 ch 87 SLA 1997.]
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.110 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.110
Required residence of minor.
Status: in_force

A final decree of adoption may not be issued until the minor to be adopted, other than a stepchild of the petitioner, has lived in the adoptive home and the department or any other qualified agency or person designated by the court has had an opportunity to observe or investigate the adoptive home. This observation or investigation is not required in proceedings where an investigation is not required under AS 25.23.100 (g) and (i).
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.380 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.380
Information to be submitted to court.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to a contravening court order, in a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the child's present address or whereabouts, the places where the child has lived during the last five years, and the names and present addresses of the persons with whom the child has lived during that period. The pleading or affidavit must state whether the party (1) has participated, as a party or witness or in another capacity, in another proceeding concerning the custody of or visitation with the child and, if so, identify the court, the case number, and the date of the child custody determination, if any;

(2) knows of a proceeding that could affect the current proceeding, including a proceeding for enforcement and a proceeding relating to domestic violence, protective orders, termination of parental rights, and adoptions and, if so, identify the court, the case number, and the nature of the proceeding; and

(3) knows the names and addresses of a person not a party to the proceeding who has physical custody of the child or claims rights of legal custody or physical custody of, or visitation with, the child and, if so, the names and addresses of those persons.

(b) If the information required by (a) of this section is not furnished, the court, on motion of a party or its own motion, may stay the proceeding until the information is furnished.

(c) If the declaration as to an item described in (a)(1)  (3) of this section is in the affirmative, the declarant shall give additional information under oath as required by the court. The court may examine the parties under oath as to details of the information furnished and other matters pertinent to the court's jurisdiction and the disposition of the case.

(d) Each party has a continuing duty to inform the court of a proceeding in this state or in another state that could affect the current proceeding.

(e) If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information, the information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public unless the court orders the disclosure to be made after a hearing in which the court takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child and determines that the disclosure is in the interest of justice.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.020 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.020
Who may adopt.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons may adopt: (1) a husband and wife together;

(2) an unmarried adult;

(3) the unmarried father or mother of the person to be adopted;

(4) a married person without the other spouse joining as a petitioner, if the person to be adopted is not the other spouse, and if (A) the other spouse is a parent of the person to be adopted and consents to the adoption;

(B) the petitioner and the other spouse are legally separated;

(C) the person to be adopted is an adult and the other spouse consents to the adoption; or

(D) the failure of the other spouse to join in the petition or to agree to the adoption is excused by the court by reason of prolonged unexplained absence, unavailability, incapacity, or circumstances constituting an unreasonable withholding of consent.

(b) Nothing in this section affects legitimation under AS 25.20.050 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.194 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.194
Processing time for modification of support orders.
Status: in_force

The agency shall use its best efforts to process modifications of support orders under AS 25.27.190 and 25.27.193 in a manner that will result in the same average processing time for modifications that increase obligors' responsibilities as for modifications that decrease obligors' responsibilities.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.166 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.166
Disestablishment of paternity.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall, by regulation, establish procedures and standards for the disestablishment of paternity of a child whose paternity was established in this state other than by court order if the paternity was not established by (1) genetic test results that met the standard set out in AS 25.20.050 (d) at the time the test was performed; or

(2) an acknowledgment of paternity under AS 25.20.050 or an admission of paternity under AS 25.27.165 .

(b) The agency's standards and procedures under (a) of this section must (1) allow a person to petition the agency to disestablish paternity only once per child;

(2) allow a petition to disestablish paternity to be brought only within three years after the child's birth or three years after the petitioner knew or should have known of the father's putative paternity of the child, whichever is later; and

(3) provide standards and notice and hearing procedures that are equivalent to those used for establishment of paternity under AS 25.27.165 .

(c) The agency shall disestablish paternity under this section if genetic test results are negative under the standard set out in AS 25.20.050 (d) and if the other standards established in its regulations are met.

(d) If a decision under this section disestablishes paternity, the petitioner's child support obligation or liability for public assistance under AS 25.27.120 is modified retroactively to extinguish arrearages for child support and accrued liability for public assistance based on the alleged paternity that is disestablished under this section. This subsection may be implemented only to the extent not prohibited by federal law.

(e) The costs of genetic testing under this section shall be assessed against the petitioner if paternity is not disestablished. If paternity is disestablished under this section, the costs of genetic testing shall be assessed against (1) the individual to whom the petitioner paid or owed child support payments for the child for whom paternity was disestablished; or

(2) the agency if there is no individual who meets the description in (1) of this subsection.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.175 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.175
Findings concerning persons born outside the United States.
Status: in_force

In the case of the adoption of a person born outside the United States, if requested by the adoptive parents, the court shall make findings, based on evidence from the petitioner and other reliable state or federal sources, on the date and place of birth and parentage of the adopted person. The findings shall be certified by the court and included with the report of adoption filed with the state registrar of vital statistics under AS 18.50.210 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.306 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.306
Inappropriate tribunal.
Status: in_force

If a complaint or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the complaint or pleading, and accompanying documents, to an appropriate tribunal in this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the complaint or pleading was sent.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.228 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.228
Court costs.
Status: in_force

The court may order an obligor to pay all court costs involved in a proceeding resulting in a court order described in AS 25.27.225 , and in a proceeding under AS 25.27.226 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.280 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.280
Application of this chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state under AS 25.25.316 , communicate with a tribunal outside this state under AS 25.25.317 , and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state under AS 25.25.318 . In all other respects, AS 25.25.301  25.25.616 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.061 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.061
Marriage without license.
Status: in_force

A marriage contracted after January 1, 1964, is void unless a license has first been obtained as provided in this chapter. If the parties to a marriage void for failure to obtain a license validate the marriage by complying with the requirements of this chapter, the issue of the void marriage are legitimate.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.195 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.195
Relief from administrative order.
Status: in_force

(a) A clerical mistake in an administrative order issued by the agency or an error arising from an oversight or omission by the agency may be corrected by the agency at any time.

(b) The agency may, at any time, vacate an administrative support order issued by the agency under AS 25.27.160 that was based on a default amount rather than on the obligor's actual ability to pay.

(c) Before an order may be corrected or vacated under (a) or (b) of this section, the agency must send notice of the intended action to the obligor and the custodian and provide an adequate opportunity for the obligor and custodian to be heard on the issue.

(d) If an order is vacated under (b) of this section, the agency may at the same time issue a new order establishing a support amount, based on information about the obligor's income or on the Alaska average wage standard, for periods of time covered by the previous order. Upon issuance of the new order, the agency may adjust the obligor's account to reflect the support amounts established in the new order. In no case may the agency adjust the obligor's account below zero.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.606 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.606
Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this state shall request a hearing within the time required by AS 25.25.605 . The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert a defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of alleged arrearages under AS 25.25.607 .

(b) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.

(c) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.301 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.301
Proceedings under this chapter.
Status: reserved

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, AS 25.25.301  25.25.319 apply to all proceedings under this chapter.

(b) [Repealed, § 32 ch 102 SLA 2015.] (c) An individual or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a complaint or a comparable pleading in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a complaint or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.430 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.430
Consolidation of actions.
Status: in_force

If, at any time, a party to an action for legal separation files an action for divorce or annulment, the court shall consolidate the new action with the action for legal separation.
Alaska Stat. § 25.30.390 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.30 / Section 25.30.390
Appearance of parties and child.
Status: in_force

(a) In a child custody proceeding in this state, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this state to appear before the court personally with or without the child. The court may order a person who is in this state and who has physical custody or control of the child to appear in person with the child.

(b) If a party to a child custody proceeding whose presence is desired by the court is outside this state, the court may order that a notice given under AS 25.30.840 include a statement directing the party to appear in person with or without the child and informing the party that failure to appear may result in a decision adverse to the party.

(c) The court may enter orders necessary to ensure the safety of the child and of a person ordered to appear under this section.

(d) If a party to a child custody proceeding who is outside this state is directed to appear under (b) of this section or desires to appear in person before the court with or without the child, the court may require another party to pay reasonable and necessary travel and other expenses of the party so appearing and of the child.

Article 2. Enforcement.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.180 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.180
Administrative findings and decision.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 20 days after the date of the hearing, the hearing officer shall adopt findings and a decision determining whether paternity is established and whether a duty of support exists, and, if a duty of support is found, the decision must specify (1) unless a medical support order only is being established, the amount of periodic payments or sum for which the alleged obligor is found to be responsible; and

(2) the parents' respective responsibilities for the costs of the child's health care; this medical support order must be in compliance with AS 25.27.060 (c).

(b) Liability to the state under AS 25.27.120 is limited to the amount for which the obligor is found to be responsible under (a) of this section.

(c) A decision regarding support rendered under (a) of this section is modified to the extent that a subsequent order, judgment, or decree of a superior court is inconsistent with the decision entered under (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.609 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.609
Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.
Status: in_force

If a party or the child support services agency seeks to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state but not registered in this state, the party or agency shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in AS 25.25.601  25.25.608. A complaint for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.225 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.225
Support payment obligations as judgments.
Status: in_force

A support order ordering a noncustodial parent obligor to make periodic support payments to the custodian of a child is a judgment that becomes vested when each payment becomes due and unpaid. The custodian of the child, or the agency on behalf of that person, may take legal action under AS 25.27.226 to establish a judgment for support payments ordered by a court of this state that are delinquent.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.065 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.065
Visitation rights of grandparent.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a child's grandparent may petition the superior court for an order establishing reasonable rights of visitation between the grandparent and child if (1) the grandparent has established or attempted to establish ongoing personal contact with the child; and

(2) visitation by the grandparent is in the child's best interest.

(b) After a decree or final order relating to child custody is entered under AS 25.20.060 or AS 25.24.150 or relating to an adoption under AS 25.23 , a grandparent may petition under this section only if (1) the grandparent did not request the court to grant visitation rights during the pendency of proceedings under AS 25.20.060 , AS 25.23 , or AS 25.24 ; or

(2) there has been a change in circumstances relating to the custodial parent or the minor child that justifies reconsideration of the grandparent's visitation rights.

(c) When determining whether to grant rights of visitation between a grandparent and grandchild under this section, AS 25.20.060 , or AS 25.24 , and when determining the terms and conditions to be attached to a right of grandparent visitation, the court shall consider whether there is a history of child abuse or domestic violence attributable to the grandparent's son or daughter who is a parent of the grandchild.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.371 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.371
Solemnization of marriage by unauthorized person.
Status: in_force

A person not authorized by this chapter who wilfully or knowingly undertakes to solemnize a marriage in this state is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.391 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.391
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Marriage Code.
Alaska Stat. § 25.15.010 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.15 / Section 25.15.010
Property of one spouse not subject to contracts or liabilities of other.
Status: in_force

When property is owned by one spouse, the other has no interest that makes the property liable for the contracts or liabilities of the spouse who is not the owner of the property, except as provided in this chapter and AS 34.77 .
Alaska Stat. § 25.24.120 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.24 / Section 25.24.120
Defenses to adultery.
Status: in_force

In a divorce action for adultery, the following defenses may be made: (1) procurement;

(2) connivance;

(3) the act has been expressly forgiven or impliedly forgiven by the voluntary cohabitation of the parties after knowledge of the act;

(4) the plaintiff is also guilty of adultery and without procurement or connivance of the defendant and not forgiven as provided in the defenses to adultery; or

(5) the action has not been commenced within two years after the discovery of the act by the plaintiff.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.160 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.160
Recognition of foreign decree affecting adoption.
Status: in_force

A decree of court terminating the relationship of parent and child or establishing the relationship by adoption issued under due process of law by a court of any other jurisdiction within or outside of the United States shall be recognized in this state and the rights and obligations of the parties as to matters within the jurisdiction of this state shall be determined as though the decree were issued by a court of this state.
Alaska Stat. § 25.23.070 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.23 / Section 25.23.070
Withdrawal of consent.
Status: in_force

(a) A consent to adoption may not be withdrawn after the entry of a decree of adoption.

(b) A consent to adoption may be withdrawn before the entry of a decree of adoption, within 10 days after the consent is given, by delivering written notice to the person obtaining the consent, or after the 10-day period, if the court finds, after notice and opportunity to be heard is afforded to petitioner, the person seeking the withdrawal, and the agency placing the child for adoption, that the withdrawal is in the best interest of the person to be adopted and the court orders the withdrawal.
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.011 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.05 / Section 25.05.011
Civil contract.
Status: in_force

(a) Marriage is a civil contract entered into by one man and one woman that requires both a license and solemnization. The man and the woman must each be at least one of the following: (1) 18 years of age or older and otherwise capable;

(2) qualified for a license under AS 25.05.171 ; or

(3) a member of the armed forces of the United States while on active duty.

(b) A person may not be joined in marriage in this state until a license has been obtained for that purpose as provided in this chapter. A marriage performed in this state is not valid without solemnization as provided in this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.900 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.900
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) agency means the child support services agency;

(2) arrearage means a debt that is past due and equal to at least one monthly obligation under the support order for one or more of the following: (A) monetary support;

(B) cash medical support;

(C) payment of health care costs or maintenance of health insurance;

(D) reimbursement of related costs;

(E) payment of attorney fees and legal costs and other fees;

(F) penalty, interest, and other relief as required by a support order;

(3) assistance under AS 47.27 , assistance granted under AS 47.27 , or assistance paid on behalf of the obligee under AS 47.27  means cash assistance provided under AS 47.27 (Alaska temporary assistance program);

(4) business day means a day on which state government offices are open for regular business;

(5) department means the Department of Revenue;

(6) duty of support includes a duty of support imposed or imposable by law, by a court order, decree, or judgment, or by a finding or decision rendered under this chapter whether interlocutory or final, whether incidental to a proceeding for divorce, legal separation, separate maintenance, or otherwise, and includes the duty to pay arrearages of support past due and unpaid together with penalties and interest on arrearages imposed under AS 25.27.020 (a)(2)(B) and the duty to provide health care coverage in compliance with AS 25.27.060 (c) and 25.27.063;

(7) earnings includes income from any form of periodic payment due to an individual, regardless of source; the gain derived from the investment of capital, from labor, or from a combination of investment and labor; and the interest on any of this income; in this paragraph, periodic payment includes wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, workers' compensation, disability benefits, and payments under a pension or retirement program;

(8) employer means an individual or entity within the meaning given that term in 26 U.S.C. 3401(d); employer includes a governmental entity or a labor organization;

(9) high-volume automated administrative enforcement means the use of automatic data processing to search various state data bases, including license records, employment service data, and state new-hire registries, to determine whether information is available regarding a parent who owes a child support obligation;

(10) obligee means a person to whom a duty of support is owed;

(11) obligor means a person owing a duty of support;

(12) support order means any judgment, decree, or order that is issued by a tribunal for the support and maintenance of a child or of a parent with whom the child is living; support order includes a judgment, decree, or order (A) on behalf of a child who has reached the age of majority if the judgment, decree, or order was lawfully issued; and

(B) for any or all of the following: (i) monetary support, including arrearages;

(ii) payment of health care costs or maintenance of health insurance;

(iii) payment of cash medical support;

(iv) reimbursement of related costs;

(v) payment of attorney fees and legal costs and other fees; or

(vi) penalty, interest, and other relief as required by a tribunal;

(13) tribunal means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.711 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.711
Foreign support agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.

(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and

(2) a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.

(c) A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.

(d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds (1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;

(2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;

(3) the agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state; or

(4) the record submitted under (b) of this section lacks authenticity or integrity.

(e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.105 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.105
Audit of collections.
Status: in_force

Within 30 working days after receipt of a written request from an obligor, the obligor's legal representative, the obligee, or the obligee's legal representative, the agency shall provide an audit of all child support payments made by the obligor and received by the agency. The audit shall include the date and amount of each payment, the name of the obligee, and the total amount of arrearages of support past due and amount of unpaid penalties and interest imposed under AS 25.27.020 (a)(2)(B). The agency is required to provide only one audit each year for each obligee and obligor under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.025 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.025
Rate of interest.
Status: in_force

The rate of interest imposed under AS 25.27.020 (a)(2)(B) shall be six percent a year or a lesser rate that is the maximum rate of interest permitted to be imposed under federal law.
Alaska Stat. § 25.20.020 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.20 / Section 25.20.020
Arrival at majority upon marriage.
Status: in_force

A person arrives at the age of majority upon being married according to law.
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.300 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.27 / Section 25.27.300
Requests pertaining to remarriage.
Status: in_force

The agency shall, at the request of a person who is an obligor under a support order enforced by the agency that includes support for a parent with whom a child is living or at the request of a child support enforcement agency of another jurisdiction that is enforcing a support order that includes support for a parent with whom a child is living, request the Bureau of Vital Statistics to disclose to the agency whether the parent has remarried in the state after a specified date if the support order provides that the support for the parent is payable only until the parent remarries. The agency may disclose to the obligor or other child support enforcement agency, as applicable, the information provided by the bureau.
Alaska Stat. § 25.25.710 — AK Code / Title 25 / Chapter 25.25 / Section 25.25.710
Partial enforcement.
Status: in_force

If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a convention support order.