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Alaska Stat. § 25.27.040: Alaska Stat. § 25.27.040

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

The state agency may initiate court proceedings to establish paternity of children born out of wedlock, request genetic testing, and recover testing costs, except in cases involving incest, forcible rape (unless the mother requests it), pending adoptions, or when not in the child's best interest.

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