(a) A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after January 1, 1997, may be established only by
(1) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract;
(2) an express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract; or
(3) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.
(b) The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.
Structure Alaska Statutes
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.
Sec. 13.12.501. Who may make will.
Sec. 13.12.502. Execution; witnessed wills; holographic wills.
Sec. 13.12.504. Self-proved will.
Sec. 13.12.505. Who may witness.
Sec. 13.12.506. Choice of law as to execution.
Sec. 13.12.507. Revocation by writing or by act.
Sec. 13.12.508. Revocation by change of circumstances.
Sec. 13.12.509. Revival of revoked will.
Sec. 13.12.510. Incorporation by reference.
Sec. 13.12.511. Testamentary additions to trusts.
Sec. 13.12.512. Events of independent significance.
Sec. 13.12.513. Separate writing identifying devise of certain types of tangible personal property.
Sec. 13.12.514. Contracts concerning succession.
Sec. 13.12.515. Deposit of will with court in testator's lifetime.