(a) AS 13.06 - AS 13.36 shall be liberally construed and applied to promote their underlying purposes and policies.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of AS 13.06 - AS 13.36 are to
(1) simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;
(2) discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;
(3) promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;
(4) facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and
(5) make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
Structure Alaska Statutes
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.
Sec. 13.06.010. Purposes; rule of construction.
Sec. 13.06.015. Supplementary general principles of law applicable.
Sec. 13.06.025. Construction against implied repeal.
Sec. 13.06.030. Effect of fraud and evasion; limitations.