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Home » US Law » 2022 Alaska Statutes » Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions » Chapter 41. Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death

Sec. 13.41.005. Application.

Except as provided by AS 13.06.068, this chapter applies to the disposition at death of the following property acquired by a married person: (1) all personal property, wherever situated, (A) that was acquired as or became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction; or (B) all or the proportionate part of which […]

Sec. 13.41.010. Rebuttable presumptions.

Subject to AS 13.06.068, in determining whether this chapter applies to specific property, the following rebuttable presumptions apply: (1) property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that marriage while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could then be acquired as community property is presumed to have been acquired as or to have […]

Sec. 13.41.015. Disposition upon death.

Upon the death of a married person, one-half of the property to which this chapter applies is the property of the surviving spouse and is not subject to testamentary disposition by the decedent or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. The other half of the property to which this chapter applies is […]

Sec. 13.41.020. Perfection of title of surviving spouse.

If the title to any property to which this chapter applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative or the heirs or devisees of the decedent with the […]

Sec. 13.41.025. Perfection of title of personal representative, heir, or devisee.

If the title to any property to which this chapter applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent’s death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or […]

Sec. 13.41.030. Purchaser for value or lender.

(a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this chapter applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes the interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent. (b) If a personal […]