For Indian children subject to 25 U.S.C. 1901 - 1963 (Indian Child Welfare Act) who are in the custody of the state where the department's permanency goal for the child is adoption, the department will consider the following to constitute a proxy for a formal petition for adoption:

1. (1) the request of a relative, tribal member, or other Indian family interested in immediate placement and adoption of a child at any court hearing in the child in need of aid matter;
2. (2) the request of a relative, tribal member, or other Indian family interested in immediate placement and adoption of a child, conveyed to the department by telephone, by mail, by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail, or in person; or
3. (3) the request by the child's tribe or tribe in which the child is eligible for enrollment to the department on behalf of a relative or tribal member who the tribe has confirmed is requesting immediate placement and adoption of a child.

(Eff. 4/15/2015, Register 214)

Authority: AS 47.06.025, AS 47.10.080, AS 47.10.088, AS 47.14.010