Alaska High Court Upholds Enhanced Attorney Fees For Wife In Probate Dispute

( February 13, 2026, 9:25 AM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The wife of a 90-year-old man who died from a pulmonary embolism 23 days after suffering a stroke at home in a remote location in Alaska and not receiving medical attention until the following day was the prevailing party in a probate dispute between her and her husband’s son, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled, upholding an award of enhanced attorney fees for the wife after determining that the man’s son failed to show that the wife’s failure to seek immediate medical care directly caused the man’s death....

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