IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                          ORDER NO. 1376

                                   Amending Alaska Bar Rule 61 to address
suspension for nonpayment of child support.


IT IS ORDERED that Alaska Bar Rule 61 is amended to include new paragraph (e) which provides:

          Rule 61.  Suspension for Nonpayment of Alaska Bar
Membership Fees, Fee Arbitration Awards, and Child Support Obligation.
          
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               (d)  Suspension for Nonpayment of Child Support
Obligation.
          
               (1)  If notified by the Child Support Enforcement Division
that any member is not in substantial compliance with his or her child support order or a payment
schedule negotiated with the Child Support Enforcement Division, the Executive Director shall serve
such notice on the member.
          
               (2)  If the Executive Director has not received a release
from the Child Support Enforcement Division, or notice of a court order staying suspension, within
150 days of the mailing or personal service of the notice described in (1) of this paragraph, the
Executive Director shall petition the Supreme Court of Alaska for an order suspending such member
for substantial noncompliance with his or her child support order or payment agreement negotiated
with the Child Support Enforcement Division.  Upon suspension of the member for this reason, the
member shall not be reinstated until the Child Support Enforcement Division issues a release to the
Executive Director and the Executive Director has certified to the Supreme Court and the clerks of
court that a release has been issued by the Child Support Enforcement Division.


DATED:           September 16, 1999     

EFFECTIVE DATE:             April 15, 2000   



                                                                 
                                   Chief Justice Matthews


                                                                 
                                   Justice Eastaugh


                                                                 
                                   Justice Fabe


                                                                 
                                   Justice Bryner
     

                                                                 
                                   Justice Carpeneti