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

Sec. 13.26.010. Jurisdiction of subject matter; consolidation of proceedings. - (a) The court has jurisdiction over protective proceedings and guardianship...

Sec. 13.26.021. Court records of proceedings; access; sealing. - (a) A notice of the filing of a petition, a...

Sec. 13.26.031. Facility of payment or delivery. - Any person under a duty to pay or deliver money...

Sec. 13.26.041. Appointment of a guardian ad litem. - (a) Upon the request of a ward, protected person, or...

Sec. 13.26.051. Delegation of powers over incapacitated adult by parent or guardian. - A parent or a guardian of an adult incapacitated person,...

Sec. 13.26.066. Delegation of powers over minor child. - (a) A parent or a guardian of a minor child,...

Article 2. Guardians of Minors.

Sec. 13.26.101. Status of guardian of minor; general. - A person becomes a guardian of a minor by acceptance...

Sec. 13.26.121. Testamentary appointment of guardian of minor. - The parent of a minor may appoint by will a...

Sec. 13.26.126. Objection by minor of 14 or older to testamentary appointment. - A minor of 14 or more years may prevent an...

Sec. 13.26.132. Court appointment of guardian of minor; conditions for appointment. - The court may appoint a guardian for an unmarried minor...

Sec. 13.26.137. Venue for proceedings. - (a) The venue for guardianship proceedings for a minor is...

Sec. 13.26.143. Court appointment of guardian of minor; qualifications; priority of minor's nominee and adult family member. - The court may appoint as guardian any adult whose appointment...

Sec. 13.26.147. Court appointment of guardian of minor; procedure. - (a) Notice of the time and place of hearing of...

Sec. 13.26.153. Subsidized guardianship; procedure. - Procedures relating to subsidized guardianships for hard-to-place children are governed...

Sec. 13.26.157. Guardianship after voluntary relinquishment; procedure. - In addition to the applicable procedures under this chapter, a...

Sec. 13.26.162. Consent to service by acceptance of appointment; notice; letters of guardianship requirement. - By accepting a testamentary or court appointment as guardian, a...

Sec. 13.26.167. Powers and duties of guardian of minor. - A guardian of a minor has the powers and responsibilities...

Sec. 13.26.171. Termination of appointment of guardian; general. - A guardian's authority and responsibility terminate upon the death, resignation,...

Sec. 13.26.181. Proceedings subsequent to appointment; venue. - (a) The court where the ward resides has concurrent jurisdiction...

Sec. 13.26.186. Resignation or removal proceedings; appointment of attorney for minor. - (a) Any person interested in the welfare of a ward,...

Article 3. Guardians of Incapacitated Persons.

Sec. 13.26.201. Purpose and basis for guardianship. - Guardianship for an incapacitated person shall be used only as...

Sec. 13.26.211 Testamentary appointment of guardian for incapacitated person. - (a) The parent of an incapacitated person may by will...

Sec. 13.26.216. Venue. - The venue for guardianship proceedings for an incapacitated person is...

Sec. 13.26.221. Petition. - (a) Any person may petition the court for a finding...

Sec. 13.26.226. Initial court procedures. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition, the court shall...

Sec. 13.26.231. Notice of rights of respondent. - (a) Upon appointment, the visitor shall promptly (1) explain to...

Sec. 13.26.236. Visitor's report. - (a) The visitor shall file with the court an evaluation...

Sec. 13.26.241. Evaluations; right to remain silent; respondent's attorney or expert. - (a) A ward or respondent has the right to refuse...

Sec. 13.26.246. Duties and powers of attorney of ward or respondent. - (a) The principal duty of an attorney representing a ward...

Sec. 13.26.251. Hearing and determination. - (a) At the hearing scheduled under AS 13.26.226, the respondent...

Sec. 13.26.256. Psychotropic medication influencing wards or respondents at judicial hearings. - (a) A ward or respondent has a right to participate...

Sec. 13.26.261. Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction. - By accepting appointment, a guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction...

Sec. 13.26.266. Guardianship order. - (a) If the court or jury determines that a person...

Sec. 13.26.271. Guardianship implementation report. - Within 90 days after distribution of the order of appointment...

Sec. 13.26.276. Other reports. - (a) A guardian shall submit a report to the court...

Sec. 13.26.281. Termination of guardianship for incapacitated person. - (a) The authority and responsibility of a guardian for an...

Sec. 13.26.286. Removal or resignation of guardian; change in or termination of guardianship. - (a) On petition of the ward, the guardian, or any...

Sec. 13.26.291. Costs in guardianship proceedings. - (a) Subject to (d) of this section, the Alaska Court...

Sec. 13.26.296. Notices in guardianship proceedings. - (a) In a proceeding for the appointment, change in responsibilities,...

Sec. 13.26.301. Temporary guardians; authorization of services. - (a) If during the pendency of an initial petition for...

Sec. 13.26.306. Emergency powers. - Notwithstanding the limits of a temporary guardianship or guardianship order,...

Sec. 13.26.311. Who may be guardian; priorities. - (a) The court may appoint a competent person, including a...

Sec. 13.26.316. General powers and duties of guardian. - (a) A guardian shall diligently and in good faith carry...

Article 4. Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors.

Sec. 13.26.401. Protective proceedings. - Upon petition and after notice and hearing in accordance with...

Sec. 13.26.406. Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of affairs of protected persons. - Except as otherwise provided under AS 13.27.110, after the service...

Sec. 13.26.411. Venue. - Venue for proceedings under AS 13.26.401 - 13.26.575 is (1)...

Sec. 13.26.415. Original petition for appointment or protective order. - (a) The person to be protected, a person's attorney or...

Sec. 13.26.420. Notice. - (a) On a petition for appointment of a conservator or...

Sec. 13.26.425. Protective proceedings; request for notice; interested person. - Any interested person who desires to be notified before any...

Sec. 13.26.430. Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition. - (a) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment of a...

Sec. 13.26.435. Permissible court orders. - The court has the following powers which may be exercised...

Sec. 13.26.440. Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized. - (a) If it is established in a proper proceeding that...

Sec. 13.26.445. Temporary conservators. - (a) If, during the pendency of an initial petition for...

Sec. 13.26.450. Ex parte protective orders. - (a) A person who is allowed to file a petition...

Sec. 13.26.455. Temporary protective orders; conversions. - On application filed with the court before the expiration of...

Sec. 13.26.460. Protective orders; modification; third-party compliance; forms; fees. - (a) The petitioner, respondent, or protected person, if the protected...

Sec. 13.26.465. Who may be appointed conservator; priorities. - (a) The court may appoint a competent person, including a...

Sec. 13.26.470. Bond. - (a) The court may require a conservator to furnish a...

Sec. 13.26.475. Terms and requirements of bonds. - (a) The following requirements and provisions apply to any bond...

Sec. 13.26.480. Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction; notice. - By accepting appointment, a conservator submits personally to the jurisdiction...

Sec. 13.26.485. Compensation and expenses. - If not otherwise compensated for services rendered, any visitor, lawyer,...

Sec. 13.26.490. Death, resignation, or removal of conservator. - The court may remove a conservator for good cause, upon...

Sec. 13.26.495. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment. - (a) Any person interested in the welfare of a person...

Sec. 13.26.500. General duty of conservator. - In the exercise of powers, a conservator shall act as...

Sec. 13.26.505. Inventory, implementation report, and records. - Within 90 days after distribution of the order of appointment,...

Sec. 13.26.510. Accounts. - A conservator shall submit a report to the court at...

Sec. 13.26.515. Visitor reports. - (a) The initial visitor report of a visitor appointed under...

Sec. 13.26.520. Conservators; title by appointment. - The appointment of a conservator vests in the conservator title...

Sec. 13.26.525. Recording of conservator's letters. - Letters of conservatorship are evidence of transfer of all assets...

Sec. 13.26.530. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest voidable. - Any sale or encumbrance to a conservator, the conservator's spouse,...

Sec. 13.26.535. Persons dealing with conservators; protection. - A person who in good faith either assists a conservator...

Sec. 13.26.540. Powers of conservator in administration. - (a) A conservator has all of the powers conferred herein...

Sec. 13.26.545. Distributive duties and powers of conservator. - (a) A conservator may expend or distribute income or principal...

Sec. 13.26.550. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator. - Subject to the restrictions in AS 13.26.435(4), the court may...

Sec. 13.26.555. Preservation of estate plan. - In investing the estate, and in selecting assets of the...

Sec. 13.26.560. Claims against estate and protected person; enforcement. - (a) Subject to AS 13.26.545(e), a conservator shall pay from...

Sec. 13.26.565. Individual liability of conservator. - (a) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a conservator is...

Sec. 13.26.570. Termination of proceeding. - The protected person, the protected person's personal representative, the conservator,...

Sec. 13.26.575. Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings. - (a) Any person indebted to a protected person, or having...

Sec. 13.26.580. Foreign conservators. - If no local conservator has been appointed and no petition...

Sec. 13.26.595. Definitions. - In AS 13.26.401 - 13.26.595, unless the context requires otherwise,...

Article 5. Powers of Attorney.

Sec. 13.26.600. Execution of power of attorney. - (a) A power of attorney executed in this state is...

Sec. 13.26.605. Agent's acceptance and liability. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney,...

Sec. 13.26.610. Agent's duties. - (a) Notwithstanding provisions in the power of attorney, an agent...

Sec. 13.26.615. Acceptance of power of attorney. - (a) A third party asked to accept a power of...

Sec. 13.26.620. Termination of power of attorney; agent's resignation; notice. - (a) Except as provided in AS 13.26.625, a power of...

Sec. 13.26.625. Powers of attorney not revoked until notice of death or incapacity. - (a) The death or incapacity of a principal who has...

Sec. 13.26.630. Powers of attorney held by public home care providers. - (a) A public home care provider may not accept a...

Sec. 13.26.635. Judicial relief. - (a) The following persons may petition a court in accordance...

Sec. 13.26.640. Relationship to other laws. - (a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, AS...

Sec. 13.26.645. Statutory form power of attorney. - A person who wishes to designate another as agent by...

Sec. 13.26.650. Additional optional provisions to statutory form power of attorney. - Each of the following provisions may be included in a...

Sec. 13.26.655. Completion of statutory form power of attorney. - (a) [Repealed, § 28 ch 50 SLA 2016.] (b) Special...

Sec. 13.26.660. Applicability of provisions of statutory form power of attorney. - In the instrument set out in AS 13.26.645 - 13.26.650,...

Sec. 13.26.665. Interpretation of provisions in statutory form power of attorney. - (a) In a statutory form power of attorney, the language...

Sec. 13.26.670. Validity of modified statutory form power of attorney. - A power of attorney that satisfies the requirements of AS...

Sec. 13.26.675. When statutory form power of attorney is not affected by incapacity of principal. - (a) The subsequent incapacity of a principal does not revoke...

Sec. 13.26.680. Provisions applicable to statutory form power of attorney. - (a) For purposes of AS 13.26.645 - 13.26.665, (1) the...

Sec. 13.26.695. Definitions. - In AS 13.26.600 - 13.26.695, (1) “benefits from government programs...

Article 6. Public Guardians.

Sec. 13.26.700. Purpose. - The legislature recognizes that many Alaskans, for reasons of incapacity...

Sec. 13.26.710. Public guardian. - (a) The office of public advocacy (AS 44.21.400) shall serve...

Sec. 13.26.720. Powers and duties of public guardian. - (a) The public guardian has the same powers and duties...

Sec. 13.26.730. Intervention by public guardian. - The public guardian may, on the public guardian's own motion...

Sec. 13.26.740. Staff; delegation of powers and duties. - The public guardian may employ staff and delegate to members...

Sec. 13.26.750. Allocation of costs of public guardian. - (a) The commissioner of administration may establish by regulation a...

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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

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