{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.12.517","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.12.517","heading":"Penalty clause for contest.","body":"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.","path":["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."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.12.517","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"3f1e989d2f6d302b6bdcaab08c475b064efe9906a2f59261198aa223b7b2e5eb","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.12.516","next":"us-ak/as-13.12.530"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}