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Alaska Stat. § 25.20.010 (2026)

Age of majority

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Sec. 25.20.010. Age of majority.
A person is considered to have arrived at majority at the age of 18, and thereafter has control of the person's own actions and business and has all the rights and is subject to all the liabilities of citizens of full age, except as otherwise provided by statute.


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Cited in 27 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1963–2025 · leading case: Blake J. v. State of Alaska, Dep't of Health & Soc. Servs., Off. of Child.'s Servs. Philip Kaufman John Does 1-10 & Alexa J., 554 P.3d 430 (Alaska 2024).
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Blake J. v. State of Alaska, Dep't of Health & Soc. Servs., Off. of Child.'s Servs. Philip Kaufman John Does 1-10 & Alexa J., 554 P.3d 430 (Alaska 2024). · cites it 5× “12 AS 25.20.010. We have previously held that this statute defines the age of majority for purposes of the statute of limitations.”
Dowling v. Dowling, 679 P.2d 480 (Alaska 1984). · cites it 4× “AS 25.20.010. As a result of this amendment, James Dowling, on June 5, 1981, filed a motion for declaratory relief in which he requested the superior court to rule that his obligation to pay child support terminates when each child is "emancipated" by reaching the statutory age…”
Wells v. Barile, 358 P.3d 583 (Alaska 2015). “See AS 25.20.010 ("A person is considered to have arrived at majority at the age of 18, and thereafter has control of the person's own actions and business .”
Neary v. McDonald, 956 P.2d 1205 (Alaska 1998). · cites it 2× “See AS 25.20.010, which states: A person is considered to have arrived at majority at the age of 18, and thereafter has control of the person's own actions and business and has all the rights and is subject to all the liabilities of citizens of full age, except as otherwise…”
Child Support Enf't Div. of Alaska v. Brenckle, 675 N.E.2d 390 (Mass. 1997). “See Alaska Stat. § 25.20.010 (Michie 1996); G.”
Lawrence v. Lawrence, 718 P.2d 142 (Alaska 1986). · cites it 2× “AS 25.20.010. The question confronting the court in Dowling was not one of modification, but merely of interpreting the agreement, i.”
RLR v. State, 487 P.2d 27 (Alaska 1971). “Our statute governing the age of majority, AS 25.20.010, provides that upon reaching majority a person has control of his own actions and business and has all the rights and is subject to all the liabilities of citizens of full age, except as otherwise provided by statute.”
Dore v. City of Fairbanks, 31 P.3d 788 (Alaska 2001). “See AS 25.20.010 ("A person is considered to have arrived at majority at the age of 18.”
Allam v. State, 830 P.2d 435 (Alaska Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “The statute which declares the age of majority for general purposes, AS 25.20.010, currently reads: A person is considered to have arrived at majority at the age of 18, and thereafter has control of the person’s own actions and business and has all the rights and is subject to…”
Hinchey v. Hinchey, 625 P.2d 297 (Alaska 1981). “At the time the superior court entered its judgment in the case at bar, AS 25.20.010 provided: A person is considered to have arrived at majority at the age of 19 years, and thereafter has control of his own actions and busi *300 ness and has all the rights and is subject to all…”
Streb v. Streb, 774 P.2d 798 (Alaska 1989). “AS 25.20.010. Although most children are emancipated upon attaining majority, the presumption of emancipation may be overcome by evidence that an adult child is incapable of supporting himself or herself by reason of a physical or mental disability.”
Brotherton v. Warner, 240 P.3d 1225 (Alaska 2010). “010, which states that; "A person is considered to have arrived at majority at the age of 18, and thereafter has control of the person's own actions and business and has all the rights and is subject to all the liabilities of citizens of full age, except as otherwise provided by…”
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