Alaska Statutes: AS 13.70.050. Disclaimer of Rights of Survivorship in Jointly Held Property.

Alaska Statutes. Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, and Trusts. Chapter 70. Disclaimer of Property Interests Section 50. Disclaimer of Rights of Survivorship in Jointly Held Property.

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AS 13.70.050. Disclaimer of Rights of Survivorship in Jointly Held Property.

   (a) On the death of a holder of jointly held property, a surviving holder may disclaim, in whole or part, the greater of
        (1) a fractional share of the property determined by dividing the number one by the number of joint holders alive immediately before the death of the holder to whose death the disclaimer relates; or
        (2) all of the property except that part of the value of the entire interest attributable to the contribution furnished by the disclaimant.
   (b) A disclaimer under (a) of this section takes effect as of the death of the holder of jointly held property to whose death the disclaimer relates.
   (c) An interest in jointly held property disclaimed by a surviving holder of the property passes as if the disclaimant predeceased the holder to whose death the disclaimer relates.

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