Sec. 13.06.005. Short title.

AS 13.06 – AS 13.36 shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Probate Code.

Sec. 13.06.010. Purposes; rule of construction.

(a) AS 13.06 – AS 13.36 shall be liberally construed and applied to promote their underlying purposes and policies. (b) The underlying purposes and policies of AS 13.06 – AS 13.36 are to (1) simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons; (2) discover and […]

Sec. 13.06.015. Supplementary general principles of law applicable.

Unless displaced by the particular provisions of AS 13.06 – AS 13.36, the principles of law and equity supplement those provisions.

Sec. 13.06.020. Severability.

If any provision of AS 13.06 – AS 13.36 or their application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of AS 13.06 – AS 13.36 that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of AS 13.06 […]

Sec. 13.06.025. Construction against implied repeal.

AS 13.06 – AS 13.36 are intended to provide a unified coverage of their subject matter. No part of AS 13.06 – AS 13.36 may be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if it can reasonably be avoided.

Sec. 13.06.030. Effect of fraud and evasion; limitations.

Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding or in any statement filed under AS 13.06 – AS 13.36 or if fraud is used to avoid or circumvent the provisions or purposes of AS 13.06 – AS 13.36, any person injured thereby may obtain appropriate relief against the perpetrator of the fraud or […]

Sec. 13.06.035. Evidence of death or status.

In addition to the Alaska Rules of Evidence, the following rules relating to a determination of death and status apply: (1) death occurs when an individual has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem; a determination of death shall […]

Sec. 13.06.040. Acts by holder of general power.

For the purpose of granting consent or approval with regard to the acts or accounts of a personal representative or trustee, including relief from liability or penalty for failure to post bond, to register a trust, or to perform other duties, and for purposes of consenting to modification or termination of a trust or to […]