Title 13, Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions

(a) In the application of this chapter, a decision that a principal is incapable of managing the principal's affairs may not be based on the manner in which the principal communicates with others. (b) An adult who enters into a supported decision-making agreement may act without …

This chapter applies to decisions related to the following affairs of a principal: (1) monitoring health, obtaining, scheduling, implementing, and coordinating health and support services, understanding health care information and options, providing for care and comfort, and othe…

The following are considered support services under this chapter: (1) house repair, home cleaning, laundry, shopping, and providing meals; (2) transportation, accompanying a principal, and facilitating a principal's written, oral, and electronic communication; (3) nurse visitatio…

A supported decision-making agreement must be in substantially the following form: STATUTORY FORM FOR SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING AGREEMENT (1) INTRODUCTION. I, __________________________________, want to have one or more persons I trust help me make decisions, obtain and understan…

In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, (1) “adult” means an individual who is 18 years of age or older; (2) “affairs” means the affairs described in AS 13.56.160; (3) “capacity” means the ability to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of a deci…

This chapter may be cited as the Supported Decision-Making Agreements Act.

(a) A person may create a custodial trust of property by a written transfer of the property to another person, evidenced by registration or by other instrument of transfer, executed in a lawful manner, naming as beneficiary an individual, who may be the transferor, and in which t…

(a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property payable or transferable upon a future event may create a custodial trust upon the occurrence of the future event by designating in writing the recipient, followed in substance by “as custodial trustee for ______…

(a) The obligations of a custodial trustee, including the obligation to follow directions of the beneficiary, arise under this chapter upon the custodial trustee's acceptance, express or implied, of the custodial trust property. (b) The custodial trustee's acceptance may be evide…

(a) Unless otherwise directed by an instrument designating a custodial trustee under AS 13.60.020, a person, including a fiduciary other than a custodial trustee, who holds property of or owes a debt to an incapacitated individual not having a conservator, may make a transfer to …

(a) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple beneficiaries are considered to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of a married couple, for whom survivorship is…

(a) If appropriate, a custodial trustee shall register or record the instrument vesting title to custodial trust property. (b) If the beneficiary is not incapacitated, a custodial trustee shall follow the directions of the beneficiary in the management, control, investment, or re…

(a) A custodial trustee, acting in a fiduciary capacity, has all the rights and powers over custodial trust property that an unmarried adult owner has over individually owned property, but a custodial trustee may exercise those rights and powers in a fiduciary capacity only. (b) …

(a) A custodial trustee shall pay to the beneficiary or expend for the beneficiary's use and benefit so much or all of the custodial trust property as the beneficiary while not incapacitated may direct from time to time. (b) If the beneficiary is incapacitated, the custodial trus…

(a) The custodial trustee shall administer the custodial trust as for an incapacitated beneficiary if (1) the custodial trust was created under AS 13.60.040; (2) the transferor has so directed in the instrument creating the custodial trust; or (3) the custodial trustee has determ…

A third person in good faith and without a court order may act on instructions of, or otherwise deal with, a person purporting to make a transfer as, or purporting to act in the capacity of, a custodial trustee. In the absence of knowledge to the contrary, the third person is not…

(a) A claim based on a contract entered into by a custodial trustee acting in a fiduciary capacity, an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial trust property, or a tort committed in the course of administering the custodial trust, may be asserted by a third …

(a) Before accepting the custodial trust property, a person designated as custodial trustee may decline to serve by notifying the person who made the designation, the transferor, or the transferor's legal representative. If an event giving rise to a transfer has not occurred, the…

Except as otherwise provided in the instrument creating the custodial trust, in an agreement with the beneficiary, or by court order, a custodial trustee (1) is entitled to reimbursement from custodial trust property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of fiduciar…

(a) Upon the acceptance of custodial trust property, the custodial trustee shall provide a written statement describing the custodial trust property and shall thereafter provide a written statement of the administration of the custodial trust property (1) once each year; (2) upon…

(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, and unless previously barred by adjudication, consent, or limitation, a claim for relief against a custodial trustee for accounting or breach of duty is barred as to a beneficiary, a person to whom custodial trust property is to be p…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by AS 13.12.212(e), upon termination of a custodial trust, the custodial trustee shall transfer the unexpended custodial trust property (1) to the beneficiary, if not incapacitated or deceased; (2) to the conservator or other recipient designated …

(a) If a transaction, including a declaration with respect to specific property or a transfer of specific property, otherwise satisfies applicable law, the criteria of AS 13.60.010 are satisfied by (1) the execution and either delivery to the custodial trustee or recording of an …

(a) This chapter applies to a transfer or declaration creating a custodial trust that refers to this chapter if, at the time of the transfer or declaration, the transferor, beneficiary, or custodial trustee is a resident of or has its principal place of business in this state or …

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.

In this chapter, (1) “adult” means an individual who is at least 18 years of age; (2) “beneficiary” means an individual for whom property has been transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee for the individual's use and benefit under this chapter; (…

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Uniform Custodial Trust Act.

(a) A user may use an online tool to direct the custodian to disclose to a designated recipient, or not to disclose, some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications. If the online tool allows the user to modify or delete a direction at…

(a) This chapter does not change or impair a right of a custodian or a user under a terms-of-service agreement to access and use digital assets of the user. (b) This chapter does not give a fiduciary or designated recipient any new or expanded rights other than those held by the …

(a) When disclosing digital assets of a user under this chapter, the custodian may, in its sole discretion, (1) grant a fiduciary or designated recipient full access to the user's account; (2) grant a fiduciary or designated recipient partial access to the user's account sufficie…

If a deceased user consented or a superior court directs disclosure of the contents of electronic communications of the user, the custodian shall disclose to the personal representative of the estate of the user the content of an electronic communication sent or received by the u…

Unless the user prohibited disclosure of digital assets or the superior court directs otherwise, a custodian shall disclose to the personal representative of the estate of a deceased user a catalog of electronic communications sent or received by the user and digital assets, othe…

To the extent a power of attorney expressly grants an agent authority over the content of electronic communications sent or received by the principal and unless directed otherwise by the principal or the superior court, a custodian shall disclose to the agent the content if the a…

Unless otherwise ordered by the superior court, directed by the principal, or provided by a power of attorney, a custodian shall disclose to an agent with specific authority over digital assets or general authority to act on behalf of a principal a catalog of electronic communica…

Unless otherwise ordered by the superior court or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is an original user of an account any digital asset of the account held in trust, including a catalog of electronic communications of the trustee and the content of…

Unless otherwise ordered by the superior court, directed by the user, or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carrie…

Unless otherwise ordered by the superior court, directed by the user, or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account a catalog of electronic communications sent or received by an original or successor user and stored, ca…

(a) After an opportunity for a hearing under AS 13.26.401 — 13.26.595, the superior court may grant a conservator access to the digital assets of a protected person except that, if the conservator is a guardian with the powers and duties of a conservator under AS 13.26.316(c), th…

(a) The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including (1) the duty of care; (2) the duty of loyalty; and (3) the duty of confidentiality. (b) A fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with …

(a) Not later than 60 days after receipt of the information required under AS 13.63.040 — 13.63.120, a custodian shall comply with a request under this chapter from a fiduciary or designated recipient to disclose digital assets or terminate an account. If the custodian fails to c…

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes 15 U.S.C. 7001 — 7031 (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act), but does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).

In this chapter, a digital asset does not apply to an underlying asset or liability unless the asset or liability is itself an electronic record. This chapter does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer's business.

This chapter applies to a custodian if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user's death.

In this chapter, (1) “account” means an arrangement under a terms-of-service agreement in which a custodian carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores a digital asset of the user or provides goods or services to the user; (2) “agent” means an attorney-in-fact granted auth…

This chapter may be cited as the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.