Legislation
State: Alaska
Signed: June 23, 2016
Effective: August 22, 2016
Chapter: 28
SummarySenate Bill 180 allows a parent or guardian to temporarily transfer parental care and custody for a child to an agent named in a power of attorney that must be acknowledged before a Notary.
AffectsAdds Section 13.26.023 to the Alaska Statutes.
Changes - Allows a parent to provide for temporary care of a minor child for a period not to exceed 1 year through a properly executed power of attorney.
- Exempts from the power of attorney the power to consent to the marriage or adoption of the minor child; the performance or inducement of an abortion on or for the minor child; or the termination of parental rights to the minor child.
- Provides that the power of attorney for temporary care of a minor child must be acknowledged before a Notary.
- Provides a statutory power of attorney form.
AnalysisAlaska becomes the most recent state this year to enact legislation allowing a parent or guardian of a minor child to temporarily delegate parental care and control of a child for up to 1 year to an agent named in a power of attorney. Alaska Notaries may encounter the power of attorney to invoke such powers, since under the new law the power of attorney form must be acknowledged before a Notary.
Read Senate Bill 180.