Anchorage Divorce Lawyer
Alaska is a no fault state for divorce. There does not need to be a finding of fault in order for Alaska to end a marital relationship. The only finding that a court needs to make is that there is an incompatibility of temperament between the husband and wife. The court can make this determination based on the testimony of only one of the spouses.
You are entitled to have a divorce heard in Alaska when you live in Alaska and intend to remain living in Alaska on an indefinite basis. Alaska has somewhat different rules for jurisdiction in the case of a military member stationed outside Alaska as well as different rules associated with jurisdiction over child custody matters.
Alaska does allow for an annulment of a marriage under the following five circumstances:
(1) that the party in whose behalf it is sought to have the marriage declared void was under the age of legal consent, and the marriage was contracted without the consent of the parents, guardian, or person having charge of that party, unless, after attaining the age of consent, the party for any time freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife;
(2) that either party was of unsound mind, unless that party, after coming to reason, freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife;
(3) that the consent of either party was obtained by fraud, unless that party afterwards, with full knowledge of the facts constituting the fraud, freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife;
(4) that the consent of either party was obtained by force, unless that party afterwards freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife;
(5) failure to consummate the marriage at the time of the marriage and continuing at the commencement of the action.
Contact Attorney Kenneth M. Wasche for a Free Initial Consultation
Consultations can be scheduled on-site at attorney Kenneth M. Wasche's Anchorage office or off-site as necessary. As a licensed pilot and member of the Alaska Airman's Association Mr. Wasche can visit many of Alaska's road inaccessible locations by air.
To schedule a free initial consultation with an Alaska family law lawyer, call 907-980-1223 or send an e-mail.
