Sec. 13.12.545. Contents of petition for will validity.

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A petition under AS 13.12.530 must contain

(1)a statement that a copy of the will has been filed with the court;

(2)a statement that the will is in writing;

(3)a statement that the will was signed by the testator, or was signed in the testator's name by another person in the testator's conscious presence and at the testator's direction;

(4)in the case of a witnessed will, a statement that the will was signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after witnessing the signing of the will or the testator's acknowledgment of the signature on the will;

(5)in the case of a holographic will, a statement that the signature and material portions of the will are in the testator's handwriting;

(6)a statement that the will was executed with testamentary intent;

(7)a statement that the testator had testamentary capacity;

(8)a statement that the testator was free from undue influence and duress and executed the will in the exercise of the testator's free will;

(9)a statement that the execution of the will was not the result of fraud or mistake;

(10)the names and addresses of the testator, the testator's spouse, the testator's children, the testator's heirs, the personal representatives nominated in the will, and the devisees under the will;

(11)if minors, the ages of the testator's children, the testator's heirs, and the devisees under the will, as far as known or ascertainable with reasonable diligence by the petitioner;

(12)a statement that the will has not been revoked or modified; and

(13)a statement that the testator is familiar with the contents of the will.