{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.06.010","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.06.010","heading":"Purposes; rule of construction.","body":"(a) AS 13.06 — AS 13.36 shall be liberally construed and applied to promote their underlying purposes and policies.\n(b) The underlying purposes and policies of AS 13.06 — AS 13.36 are to\n(1) simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;\n(2) discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;\n(3) promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;\n(4) facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and\n(5) make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 06. General Provisions, Definitions, and Probate Jurisdiction of Court.","Article 1. Short Title, Construction, General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.06.010","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"b31f7712928e3a84b9d1605c53d09942aa7d2581644af899ef3ab45d8d71e43c","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.06.005","next":"us-ak/as-13.06.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}