Sec. 13.12.917. International will; revocation.
An international will is subject to the ordinary rules of revocation of wills.
Sec. 13.12.918. Source and construction.
AS 13.12.912 – 13.12.917 and 13.12.921 derive from the Annex to Convention of October 26, 1973, Providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will. In interpreting and applying AS 13.12.912 – 13.12.921, regard shall be had to its international origin and to the need for uniformity in its interpretation.
Sec. 13.12.919. Persons authorized to act in relation to international will; eligibility; recognition by authorizing agency.
Individuals who are licensed to practice law in this state and who are in good standing as active law practitioners in this state, are hereby declared to be authorized persons in relation to international wills.
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. 13.12.606. Nonademption of specific devises.
(a) A specific devisee has a right to the specifically devised property in the testator’s estate at death and (1) any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property unpaid at death; (2) any proceeds unpaid at death on fire or casualty insurance on or other recovery for injury to the property; […]
Sec. 13.12.607. Nonexoneration.
A specific devise passes subject to any mortgage interest existing at the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive in the will to pay debts.
Sec. 13.12.608. Exercise of power of appointment.
In the absence of a requirement that a power of appointment be exercised by a reference, or by an express or specific reference, to the power, a general residuary clause in a will, or a will making general disposition of all of the testator’s property, expresses an intention to exercise a power of appointment held […]