2018 Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 12. Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers
Article 5. Wills, Will Contracts, and Custody and Deposit of Wills.
Sec. 13.12.517. Penalty clause for contest.

Universal Citation: AK Stat § 13.12.517 (2018)

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.

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