(a) The surviving spouse of a decedent who dies domiciled in this state has a right of election, under the limitations and conditions stated in Alaska Stat. § 13.12.201 – 13.12.214, to take an elective share amount equal to one-third of the augmented estate.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 13.12.202

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) If the sum of the amounts described in Alaska Stat. § 13.12.207, 13.12.209(a)(1), and that part of the elective share amount payable from the decedent’s probate estate and nonprobate transfers to others under Alaska Stat. § 13.12.209(b) – (c) is less than $50,000, the surviving spouse is entitled to a supplemental elective share amount equal to $50,000, minus the sum of the amounts described in Alaska Stat. § 13.12.207 and 13.12.209(a)(1),(b),and(c). The supplemental elective share amount is payable from the decedent’s probate estate and from recipients of the decedent’s nonprobate transfers to others in the order of priority set out in Alaska Stat. § 13.12.209(b) – (c).
(c) If the right of election is exercised by or on behalf of the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse’s homestead allowance, exempt property, and family allowance, if any, are not charged against but are in addition to the elective share and supplemental elective share amounts.
(d) The right, if any, of the surviving spouse of a decedent who dies domiciled outside this state to take an elective share in property in this state is governed by the law of the decedent’s domicile at death.
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