Amending Probate Rule 12(c), 1696

Full title: Amending Probate Rule 12(c) concerning administrative closing of estates

Court: Supreme Court of Alaska

Date published: Feb 19, 2009

Order No. 1696 (Alaska Feb. 19, 2009)

Opinion

Order No. 1696.

February 19, 2009.

FABE, Chief Justice.

IT IS ORDERED:

Effective Date: October 15, 2009.

Probate Rule 12(c) is amended to read as follows:

Rule 12. Closing Estates.

(a) Duty to Close Estates.* * * *

(b) Formal Closing. * * * *

(c) Administrative Closing. If no action is taken in an estate for more than one year, the clerk may send a notice to the last known address of the personal representative, to all attorneys of record, and to any person who has filed a demand for notice under AS 13.16.070, stating that the file will be closed in 30 days if no objection is received. The order closing the file must also be sent to served on the last known address of the personal representative's, all attorneys of record, and mailed to the last known address of the personal representative any person who has filed a demand for notice under AS 13.16.070. Administrative closure does not discharge the personal representative or terminate the personal representative's powers and duties.

/s/ _________________ Justice Matthews

/s/ _________________ Justice Eastaugh

/s/ _________________ Justice Carpeneti

/s/ _________________ Justice Winfree