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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A specific devisee has a right to the specifically devised property in the testator's estate at death and
(1) any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property unpaid at death;
(2) any proceeds unpaid at death on fire or casualty insurance on or other recovery for injury to the property; and
(3) property owned by the testator at death and acquired as a result of foreclosure, or obtained in lieu of foreclosure, of the security interest for the specifically devised obligation.
(b) If specifically devised property is sold or mortgaged by a conservator or by an agent acting within the authority of a durable power of attorney for an incapacitated principal, or if a condemnation award, insurance proceeds, or recovery for injury to the property are paid to a conservator or to an agent acting within the authority of a durable power of attorney for an incapacitated principal, the specific devisee has the right to a general pecuniary devise equal to the net sale price, the amount of the unpaid loan, the condemnation award, the insurance proceeds, or the recovery.
(c) The right of a specific devisee under (b) of this section is reduced by any right the devisee has under (a) of this section.
(d) For the purposes of the references in (b) of this section to a conservator, (b) of this section does not apply if after the sale, mortgage, condemnation, casualty, or recovery, it was adjudicated that the testator's incapacity ceased and the testator survived the adjudication by one year.
(e) For the purposes of the references in (b) of this section to an agent acting within the authority of a durable power of attorney for an incapacitated principal,
(1) “incapacitated principal” means a principal who is an incapacitated person;
(2) adjudication of incapacity before death is not necessary; and
(3) the acts of an agent within the authority of a durable power of attorney are presumed to be for an incapacitated principal.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Alaska Statutes Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions § 13.12.606. Nonademption of specific devises - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ak/title-13-decedents-estates-guardianships-transfers-trusts-and-health-care-decisions/ak-st-sect-13-12-606/
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