Alaska R. Civ. P. 90.1

(a) Dissolution of Marriage.

(1) Commencement of Action. An action for dissolution

of marriage under AS 25.24.200–.260 shall be commenced by

the filing of a petition in superior court containing the

recitations required by statute. The petition may not be filed

more than 60 days after the date of the signature of the first

person signing the petition.

(2) Verification. The petition shall be signed and verified

by both petitioners if the petition is filed by both spouses

together or by the petitioner filing the action if filed separately.

(3) Form of Petition. The petition may be filed on forms

approved by the supreme court. Information may be inserted

on the form in legible handwriting.

(b) Divorce Actions—Corroborating Witnesses Not

Required. No corroborating witnesses as to legal residence

shall be required in any divorce action unless ordered by the

court; provided however, that the evidence of such residence

shall be specific as to time, place, and manner of residence,

and to the pertinent facts in the knowledge of the party

attending to corroborate such residence.

(c) Hearing of Divorce and Dissolution Cases. Unless

otherwise ordered upon good cause shown, no divorce or

dissolution action shall be tried or heard on the merits within

thirty days of the filing of the complaint.

(d) Divorce Actions—Discovery and Disclosure.

Discovery and disclosure in divorce actions is governed by

Civil Rule 26.1.

(e) Divorce Actions—Property Division Table. In

divorce cases involving property division disputes, and unless

otherwise ordered by the court, the parties shall file and serve

the information required by this paragraph 5 days before trial is

scheduled to begin. The required information consists of:

(1) a list, including a brief description of all assets and

liabilities of the parties, whether owned jointly or individually;

(2) whether the party asserts each asset or liability is

marital property, or separate property of one of the spouses;

(3) the value of each asset and liability; and

(4) the proposed disposition, if any, of each asset or

liability.

(f) Confidential Information.

(1) Social Security Numbers. Social security numbers,

when required, shall not become part of the public record and

shall be provided to the court confidentially as follows:

(A) A petition for dissolution or a complaint and answer

for divorce, custody, legal separation, or annulment must be

accompanied by an information sheet stating the name, date of

birth, and social security number of each party to the action

and each child who is or may be subject to a child support

order in the action, to the extent known. The information sheet

is confidential and shall not be considered part of the public

record. The clerk of court shall provide a copy of the

confidential information sheet to the Child Support Services

Division upon request or whenever the court provides a child

support order to a child support agency as required by state

law. The clerk of court may also disclose the social security

numbers on the confidential information sheet to the Bureau of

Vital Statistics upon entry of a decree of divorce, dissolution,

legal separation, or annulment of marriage, as required by state

law. Further disclosure shall be authorized by court order only

upon a showing of good cause.

(B) Once a complete confidential information sheet has

been submitted to the court listing names, dates of birth, and

social security numbers as required, the parties shall omit or

redact social security numbers from documents subsequently

filed in the action unless otherwise ordered by the court.

(C) A person whose interest in confidentiality may be

adversely affected by disclosure of a social security number on

a document filed in an action may move for an order requiring

(i) the social security number to be redacted or the document to

be treated as confidential, if the document has already been

filed with the social security number included, or (ii) the

document to be filed with the social security number redacted,

if the document has not yet been filed.

(2) Financial Account Numbers. Unless otherwise

ordered by the court, financial account numbers, when required

under subsection (e) of this rule or when submitted in support

of a motion, need not be provided in full. To protect against

public disclosure of sensitive financial information, partial

account numbers may be provided, as follows:

(A) a party may identify any credit card, bank card, or

debit card account by using only the last four digits of the

account number and the name of the issuing institution;

(B) a party may identify any bank, credit union, or other

financial institution account by using only the last three digits

of the account number and the name of the financial

institution; and

(C) a person whose interest in confidentiality may be

adversely affected by disclosure of a financial account number

on a document filed in an action may move for an order

requiring (i) the financial account number to be redacted or the

document to be treated as confidential, if the document has

already been filed with the financial account number included,

or (ii) the document to be filed with the financial account

number redacted, if the document has not yet been filed.

(g) Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. The party

submitting a proposed Qualified Domestic Relations Order, or

any similar order requiring the social security number of the

beneficiary and alternate payee, shall submit a duplicate of the

original proposed order with the social security number of the

beneficiary and alternate payee redacted. The original

proposed order is confidential and shall not be considered part

of the public record. Only the redacted duplicate shall become

part of the public case file.

(h) Applicability. Subsections (f) and (g) of this rule

apply to documents filed with the court on or after October 15,

2006.

(i) Action for Divorce, Dissolution, or Annulment

Filed After Action for Legal Separation.

(1) Notice of Legal Separation Action. A divorce,

dissolution, or annulment action that is filed after the filing of

an action for legal separation must include notice of the prior

action.

(2) Consolidation of Cases. The consolidation of a

divorce, dissolution, or annulment action with a legal

separation action previously filed in Alaska is governed by AS

25.24.430 and Civil Rule 42(a).

(j) Action for Legal Separation—Commencement. An

action for legal separation under AS 25.24.400-.460 is

commenced by the filing of a complaint in the superior court.