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Alaska Statutes.

Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions

Chapter 10. Children in Need of Aid

Section 20. Investigation and Petition.

AS 47.10.020. Investigation and Petition.

(a) Whenever circumstances subject a child to the jurisdiction of the court under AS 47.10.005 - 47.10.142, the court shall appoint a competent person or agency to make a preliminary inquiry and report for the information of the court to determine whether the best interests of the child require that further action be taken. If, under this subsection, the court appoints a person or agency to make a preliminary inquiry and to report to it, then, upon the receipt of the report, the court may

(1) close the matter without a court hearing;

(2) determine whether the best interests of the child require that further action be taken; or

(3) authorize the person or agency having knowledge of the facts of the case to file with the court a petition setting out the facts.

(b) The petition and all subsequent pleadings shall be styled as follows: "In the matter of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., a child under 18 years of age." The petition may be executed upon the petitioner's information and belief and must be verified. It must include the following information:

(1) the name, address, and occupation of the petitioner, together with the petitioner's relationship to the child, and the petitioner's interest in the matter;

(2) the name, age, and address of the child;

(3) a brief statement of the facts that bring the child within this chapter;

(4) the names and addresses of the child's parents;

(5) the tribal affiliation, if known, of the child;

(6) the name and address of the child's guardian or of the person having control or custody of the child.

(c) If the petitioner does not know a fact required in this section, the petitioner shall so state in the petition.

(d) [Repealed, Sec. 55 ch 59 SLA 1996].

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