Alaska Statutes.
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, and Trusts.
Chapter 12. Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers
Section 514. Contracts Concerning Succession.
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AS 13.12.514. Contracts Concerning Succession.

   (a) A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after January 1, 1997, may be established only by
        (1) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;
        (2) an express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or
        (3) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.
   (b) The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.

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