{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.12.545","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.12.545","heading":"Contents of petition for will validity.","body":"A petition under AS 13.12.530 must contain\n(1) a statement that a copy of the will has been filed with the court;\n(2) a statement that the will is in writing;\n(3) a statement that the will was signed by the testator, or was signed in the testator's name by another person in the testator's conscious presence and at the testator's direction;\n(4) in the case of a witnessed will, a statement that the will was signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after witnessing the signing of the will or the testator's acknowledgment of the signature on the will;\n(5) in the case of a holographic will, a statement that the signature and material portions of the will are in the testator's handwriting;\n(6) a statement that the will was executed with testamentary intent;\n(7) a statement that the testator had testamentary capacity;\n(8) a statement that the testator was free from undue influence and duress and executed the will in the exercise of the testator's free will;\n(9) a statement that the execution of the will was not the result of fraud or mistake;\n(10) the names and addresses of the testator, the testator's spouse, the testator's children, the testator's heirs, the personal representatives nominated in the will, and the devisees under the will;\n(11) if minors, the ages of the testator's children, the testator's heirs, and the devisees under the will, as far as known or ascertainable with reasonable diligence by the petitioner;\n(12) a statement that the will has not been revoked or modified; and\n(13) a statement that the testator is familiar with the contents of the will.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 12. Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers.","Article 6. Establishment of Will and Trust Validity before Death."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.12.545","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"cfa5e043e71ade986d2675efe20a977565c3b6db64da268b7890306ca436029c","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.12.540","next":"us-ak/as-13.12.550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}