A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent's estate and, except as otherwise specified or ordered in regard to a supervised personal representative, do so without adjudication, order, or direction of the court, but the personal representative may invoke the jurisdiction of the court, in proceedings authorized by AS 13.06 - AS 13.36, to resolve questions concerning the estate or its administration.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 16. Probate of Wills and Administration
Article 7. Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives.
Sec. 13.16.340. Time of accrual of duties and powers.
Sec. 13.16.345. Priority among different letters.
Sec. 13.16.355. Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
Sec. 13.16.360. Duty of personal representative; information to heirs and devisees.
Sec. 13.16.365. Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisal.
Sec. 13.16.370. Employment of appraisers.
Sec. 13.16.375. Duty of personal representative; supplementary inventory.
Sec. 13.16.380. Duty of personal representative; possession of estate.
Sec. 13.16.381. Disposition of unclaimed estate by personal representative.
Sec. 13.16.385. Power to avoid transfers.
Sec. 13.16.390. Powers of personal representatives; in general.
Sec. 13.16.395. Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty.
Sec. 13.16.405. Persons dealing with personal representative; protection.
Sec. 13.16.410. Transactions authorized for personal representatives; exceptions.
Sec. 13.16.415. Powers and duties of successor personal representative.
Sec. 13.16.420. Co-representatives; when joint action required.
Sec. 13.16.425. Powers of surviving personal representative.
Sec. 13.16.430. Compensation of personal representative.