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Sec. 13.12.920. International will information registration.

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall establish a registry system by which authorized persons may register in a central information center information regarding the execution of international wills, keeping that information in strictest confidence until the death of the maker and then making it available to any person desiring information about any […]

Sec. 13.12.711. Interests in heirs and other persons.

If an applicable statute or a governing instrument calls for a present or future distribution to or creates a present or future interest in a designated individual’s “heirs,” “heirs at law,” “next of kin,” “relatives,” or “family,” or language of similar import, the property passes to those persons, including the state, and in such shares […]

Sec. 13.12.921. Definitions for AS 13.12.912 – 13.12.921.

In AS 13.12.912 – 13.12.921, (1) “authorized person” and “person authorized to act in connection with international wills” mean a person who by AS 13.12.919, or by the laws of the United States, including members of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by federal regulations, is empowered to supervise the execution […]

Sec. 13.12.712. Nonademption of specific transfers in trust.

(a) Unless the trust provides otherwise, a beneficiary of a trust has a right to property that, by the terms of the trust, is to be specifically distributed to the beneficiary and to (1) any amount of a condemnation award that is for the taking of the property and that is unpaid when the distribution […]

Sec. 13.12.720. Family-owned business deduction.

(a) If an individual includes a provision in a will, trust document, or beneficiary designation that is designed to reduce federal estate tax liability to zero, or to the lowest possible amount payable, by describing a portion or amount measured by reference to the unified credit, applicable exclusion amount, or exemption equivalent under 26 U.S.C. […]

Sec. 13.12.802. Effect of divorce, annulment, and decree of separation.

(a) An individual who is divorced from the decedent or whose marriage to the decedent has been annulled is not a surviving spouse unless, by virtue of a subsequent marriage, the individual is married to the decedent at the time of death. A decree of separation that does not terminate the status of husband and […]

Sec. 13.12.803. Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, trusts, joint assets, life insurance, and beneficiary designations.

(a) An individual who feloniously kills the decedent forfeits all benefits under this chapter with respect to the decedent’s estate, including an intestate share, an elective share, an omitted spouse’s or child’s share, a homestead allowance, exempt property, and a family allowance. If the decedent died intestate, the decedent’s intestate estate passes as if the […]

Sec. 13.12.907. Honorary trusts; trusts for pets.

(a) Subject to (c) of this section, a trust may be performed by the trustee for 21 years but not longer, whether or not the terms of the trust contemplate a longer duration, if (1) the trust is for a specific lawful, noncharitable purpose or for a lawful, noncharitable purpose to be selected by the […]

Sec. 13.12.912. International will; validity.

(a) Except as provided by AS 13.06.068, a will is valid as regards form, irrespective of the place where the will is made, of the location of the assets, and of the nationality, domicile, or residence of the testator, if the will is made in the form of an international will complying with the requirements […]