GroundRules
AS 13.26.137: Venue for proceedings.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.
- Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney.
- Article 2. Guardians of Minors.
(a) The venue for guardianship proceedings for a minor is in the place where the minor resides or is present.
(b) The venue for a guardianship proceeding for a child in state custody under AS 47.10 is the
(1) superior court where the child-in-need-of-aid proceeding is pending as provided under AS 47.10.111; or
(2) judicial district in which the petitioner resides if the petitioner provides notice to all of the parties to the child-in-need-of-aid proceeding and no party objects.
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