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You can revoke your Will by destroying the original document or by making a new Will. Generally, when you make a new Will, your previous Will is no longer valid.

Generally, in Alaska, you are employed at will. This means your boss may fire you without any advance notice, for any reason or for no reason, except that you cannot be fired for a reason that is illegal discrimination, or violates public policy.

A Will can only be challenged in formal probate. Will contests can be long, complicated and expensive. It is a good idea to try to first work out any difficulties with the Personal Representative and other devisees under the Will.

A probate is needed to transfer legal title to the property owned by the person who died whether or not the person left a Will. The probate process is generally the same with or without a Will. The main difference is to whom the person's property passes at the end of the probate.

Section 13.11. 160 of the Alaska Statutes provides: A will which does not comply with AS 13.11. 155 ordinary attested wills is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and the material provisions are in the handwriting of the testator.

In Alaska, a handwritten Will, also called a holographic Will, can be valid and enforceable. The same rules apply to handwritten Wills as apply to typed Wills, except with respect to the witness requirement.

A residuary clause establishes who will receive an asset or proceeds from the sale of an asset if the will or trust doesn't name a beneficiary for it. It's critical to include a residuary clause in your will and in your trust during estate planning to protect your property.

How do you write a pour-over will? Set up a living trust. Before you can make a pour-over will, you first need to create a living trust. Name your trustee as the beneficiary in your pour-over will. Name a will executor. Consider your other estate-planning needs.

The main downside to pour-over wills is that (like all wills), the property that passes through them must go through probate. That means that any property headed toward a living trust may get hung up in probate before it can be distributed by the trust.