Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Alaska

Re: daughters rights

There is nothing that you can do to affect the

outcome except persuade your father to leave

the property to you instead to someone else. He

can decide to do anything he wants with his

property. He could make a will giving his

property to a total stranger, or a friend, or a

charity, or anyone he wants.

If he does not have a will, then his spouse would

receive the property (but if it is a second wife

you would probably receive a 1/3rd share at least)

and then it would go to his children.

In your case, it seems there would be no spouse

and so you would receive everything.

But he could write a will giving it to anyone

he might desire.

So you don't need to do anything except try to

be a good daughter so that he wants to give

his property to you instead of someone else.

And there really isn't anything else you can do.

If there is no will when he dies, you would then

need to go to the county where he lives and

go to the clerk of the court and ask to "qualify"

as his executor (called a representative in

Virginia).

Re: daughters rights

Why not spend some time searching out your father's whereabouts and finding out whether he has a will which names you as a beneficiary?

If he were to die with no will(intestate)and you

were his only legal heir, you would be entitled

to inherit his property under the state's scheme of intestate inheritance.