{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.56.150","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.56.150","heading":"Capability and capacity.","body":"(a) In the application of this chapter, a decision that a principal is incapable of managing the principal's affairs may not be based on the manner in which the principal communicates with others.\n(b) An adult who enters into a supported decision-making agreement may act without the decision-making assistance of the supporter.\n(c) A person may not use the execution of a supported decision-making agreement as evidence that the principal does not have capacity.\n(d) In this chapter, a principal is considered to have capacity even if the capacity is achieved by the principal receiving decision-making assistance.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 56. Supported Decision-Making Agreements."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.56.150","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"175396e5c95d779d8d02cda6672930bee647ce6c012ca0e39e2d23139936eb82","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.56.140","next":"us-ak/as-13.56.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}