(a) If, under Alaska Stat. § 13.12.103(1), all or part of a decedent‘s intestate estate passes by representation to the decedent’s descendants, the estate or part of the estate passing is divided into as many equal shares as there are

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 13.12.106

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
(1) surviving descendants in the generation nearest to the decedent that contains one or more surviving descendants; and
(2) deceased descendants in the same generation who left surviving descendants, if any.
(b) Under (a) of this section, each surviving descendant in the nearest generation is allocated one share, and the remaining shares, if any, are combined and then divided in the same manner among the surviving descendants of the deceased descendants as if the surviving descendants who were allocated a share and their surviving descendants had predeceased the decedent.
(c) If, under Alaska Stat. § 13.12.103(3) or (4), all or part of a decedent’s intestate estate passes by representation to the descendants of the decedent’s deceased parents or either of them or to the descendants of the decedent’s deceased paternal or maternal grandparents or either of them, the estate or part of the estate passing is divided into as many equal shares as there are

(1) surviving descendants in the generation nearest the deceased parents or either of them, or the deceased grandparents or either of them, that contains one or more surviving descendants; and
(2) deceased descendants in the same generation who left surviving descendants, if any.
(d) Under (c) of this section, each surviving descendant in the nearest generation is allocated one share, and the remaining shares, if any, are combined and then divided in the same manner among the surviving descendants of the deceased descendants as if the surviving descendants who were allocated a share and their surviving descendants had predeceased the decedent.
(e) In this section, “deceased descendant,” “deceased parent,” or “deceased grandparent” means a descendant, parent, or grandparent who either predeceased the decedent or is considered to have predeceased the decedent under Alaska Stat. § 13.12.104.
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