1993 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 12 CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 12.30 BAIL
Section 12.30.025 RELEASE BEFORE TRIAL IN CASES INVOLVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR STALKING.

(a) In determining the conditions of release under AS 12.30.020 in cases involving domestic violence or stalking, the court shall consider the following conditions and impose one or more conditions it considers reasonably necessary to protect the alleged victim of the domestic violence or stalking, including ordering the defendant

(1) not to subject the victim to further domestic violence or stalking;

(2) to vacate the home of the victim;

(3) not to contact the victim other than through counsel;

(4) to engage in counseling; if the court directs the defendant to engage in personal counseling, the court shall provide in the order that the counseling must propose alternatives to aggression if that type of counseling is available; if the court directs the defendant to participate in family counseling, it shall make a finding that family counseling will not result in additional domestic violence or stalking;

(5) to refrain from the consumption of alcohol or the use of drugs.

(b) As used in this section,

(1) "domestic violence" means a crime specified in AS 11.41 when the victim is a spouse or a former spouse of the defendant; a parent, grandparent, child, or grandchild of the defendant; a member of the social unit comprised of those living together in the same dwelling as the defendant; or a person who is not a spouse or former spouse of the defendant but who previously lived in a spousal relationship with the defendant or is in or has been in a dating, courtship, or engagement relationship with the defendant;

(2) "stalking" means a violation of AS 11.41.260 or 11.41.270.