Alaska Statutes.
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, and Trusts.
Chapter 12. Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers
Section 517. Penalty Clause For Contest.
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AS 13.12.517. Penalty Clause For Contest.

A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.

Article 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF WILL AND TRUST VALIDITY BEFORE DEATH

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