In investing the estate, and in selecting assets of the estate for distribution under AS 13.26.545(a) and (b), in utilizing powers of revocation or withdrawal available for the support of the protected person, and exercisable by the conservator or the court, the conservator and the court should take into account any known estate plan of the protected person, including a will, any revocable trust of which the protected person is settlor, and any contract, transfer, or joint ownership arrangement with provisions for payment or transfer of benefits or interests at death to another or others which the protected person may have originated. The conservator may examine the will of the protected person.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 26. Protection of Minors and Incapacitated Persons and Their Property; Powers of Attorney
Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.
Sec. 13.26.401. Protective proceedings.
Sec. 13.26.406. Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of affairs of protected persons.
Sec. 13.26.415. Original petition for appointment or protective order.
Sec. 13.26.425. Protective proceedings; request for notice; interested person.
Sec. 13.26.430. Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition.
Sec. 13.26.435. Permissible court orders.
Sec. 13.26.440. Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized.
Sec. 13.26.445. Temporary conservators.
Sec. 13.26.450. Ex parte protective orders.
Sec. 13.26.455. Temporary protective orders; conversions.
Sec. 13.26.460. Protective orders; modification; third-party compliance; forms; fees.
Sec. 13.26.465. Who may be appointed conservator; priorities.
Sec. 13.26.475. Terms and requirements of bonds.
Sec. 13.26.480. Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction; notice.
Sec. 13.26.485. Compensation and expenses.
Sec. 13.26.490. Death, resignation, or removal of conservator.
Sec. 13.26.495. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment.
Sec. 13.26.500. General duty of conservator.
Sec. 13.26.505. Inventory, implementation report, and records.
Sec. 13.26.515. Visitor reports.
Sec. 13.26.520. Conservators; title by appointment.
Sec. 13.26.525. Recording of conservator's letters.
Sec. 13.26.530. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest voidable.
Sec. 13.26.535. Persons dealing with conservators; protection.
Sec. 13.26.540. Powers of conservator in administration.
Sec. 13.26.545. Distributive duties and powers of conservator.
Sec. 13.26.550. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator.
Sec. 13.26.555. Preservation of estate plan.
Sec. 13.26.560. Claims against estate and protected person; enforcement.
Sec. 13.26.565. Individual liability of conservator.
Sec. 13.26.570. Termination of proceeding.