Alaska P-455 Affidavit of Reasonable Investigation

In an adoption case in the State of Alaska, the petitioner has to execute the following affidavit. The purpose of this affidavit is knowing the location of the child who is going to be adopted.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA 	
AT 	
In	

 the matter of the adoption of  ) 
) 
) 
) 	
(c	hild's name after adoption)  )
)
DOB: , A Minor Child,  ) 	
) 	CASE NO. 	
By  ,  ) 	
Petitioner 	)  A	 FFIDAVIT OF REASONABLE 	
) IN	 VESTIGATION 
I,  , say on oath or affirm under penalty of perjury that:  
1

. I am the petitioner in this action for  adoption.
2.Consent to adoption is required from:
3.The last time I saw  him or her was on or about  (date):
4.I 

made diligent inquiry as to the whereabouts of him or her  as follows:	
a.	I wrote to his or her last known address  located at :
with the following results:  	
b.	I wrote to and/or questioned his or her  friends and family:
Persons Contacted  Relationship  Results 	
c.	I wrote to and/or questioned his or her  current and previous employer(s):
Employers Contacted  Results 	
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d.	I checked telephone directories and Polk city directories (available at the library),
and called telephone information as follows:
Directories Checked   Results 	
e.	I used a locate-and -research company (such as Accurint, Ingens, Motznik, etc.):
Companies Contacted  Results 	
f.	I conducted people -finder research on the Internet:
Websites Researched  Results 	
g.	I checked Facebook and/or other online social networks with these results:	
h.	I inquired of motor vehicle registrars at (cities ):
with the following results:	
i.	I called utility companies as follows:
Companies Contacted City  Results 	
j.	I searched property tax listings as follows:
Communities Searched  Results 	
k.	I searched the Alaska Court System’s trial court records online
(
www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/	) to find any cases involving  him or her.  Then I	
went to the courthouse to check the file(s) for a current address and found the
following:	
l.	I searched court records outside of Alaska with the following results:
Location of Courts   Results 	
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m.	I searched recorded or filed documents at:
(1)	 the Recorders Office of the Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources  
(
http://dnr.alaska.gov/ssd/recoff/search.cfm	) with the following results:  	
(2) 	 a recorders office outside of A laska, located in 
with the following results: 	
n.	I searched business license information at:
(1)	 the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business, and Professional Licensing 
(
http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/	) with the following results:  	
(2) 	 other local and state agencies outside of Alaska with the following results:  	
o.	I believe that he or she may be in the military.  Therefore, I contacted the
following military locator service(s):	
Air Force: (210) 565 -2660  
Army: (703) 325 -8151 or (866) 771- 6357  
Navy: (866) 827- 5672 
Marines: (703) 784 -3942 or (800) 268 -3710 
Coast Guard: 	http://www.uscg.mil/locator/	 	
with the following results: 	
p.	Other:	
A

fter completing the  inquiries described a bove, I do not know the whereabouts of  the absent 
person , and I do not know of any other sources of information through which I can learn the 
whereabouts of  the absent  person. 	
Da	 te  Petitioner's Signature 
Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me at  , Alaska 
on   . 	
(	date) 	
C	 lerk of Court, Notary Public or other person  
(SEAL)   authorized to administer oaths. 	
M	 y Commission Expires: 
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AFFIDAVIT OF REASONABLE INVESTIGATION  Adoption Rule 9