court: means the superior court of this state, and, when the context requires, the court of another state empowered to grant petitions for adoption or guardianship or to terminate parental rights. See Alaska Statutes 25.23.240
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) for purposes of this section, a parent who has abandoned a child for a period of at least six months;(2) a parent of a child in the custody of another, if the parent for a period of at least one year has failed significantly without justifiable cause, including but not limited to indigency,
(A) to communicate meaningfully with the child; or(B) to provide for the care and support of the child as required by law or judicial decree;(3) the father of a minor if the father’s consent is not required by Alaska Stat. § 25.23.040 (a)(2);(4) a parent who has relinquished the right to consent under Alaska Stat. § 25.23.180;(5) a parent whose parental rights have been terminated by order of the court under Alaska Stat. § 25.23.180 (c)(2) or Alaska Stat. § 47.10.080 (c)(3);(6) a parent judicially declared incompetent or mentally defective if the court dispenses with the parent’s consent;(7) a parent of the person to be adopted, if the person is 18 or more years of age;(8) a guardian or custodian specified in Alaska Stat. § 25.23.040 (a)(3) or (4) who has failed to respond in writing to a request for consent for a period of 60 days or who, after examination of the guardian’s or custodian’s written reasons for withholding consent, is found by the court to be withholding consent unreasonably; or(9) the spouse of the person to be adopted, if the requirement of consent to the adoption is waived by the court by reason of prolonged unexplained absence, unavailability, incapacity, or circumstances constituting an unreasonable withholding of consent.(b) Except as provided in Alaska Stat. § 25.23.100, notice of a hearing on a petition for adoption need not be given to a person whose consent is not required or to a person whose consent or relinquishment has been filed with the petition.
