Rule 3. Probate Indices

(a) Estate Index. An alphabetical index of all estate

cases will be kept under the name of the person to whose estate

the case relates.

(b) Will Index. An alphabetical index of all wills on

deposit will be kept under the name of the person whose will is

deposited.

(c) Protective Proceeding Index. An alphabetical index

of all protective proceedings will be kept under the names of

the respondents.

(d) Mental Commitment Index. An alphabetical index

of all mental commitments will be kept under the names of the

respondents, except for those files for which the records have

been expunged pursuant to AS 47.30.850. An index of

expunged files will be kept by number.

(e) Registered Trust Index. An alphabetical list of all

registered trusts will be kept under the name of the trust.

(f) Judicial Bypass Proceeding Index. An alphabetical

index of all proceedings to bypass parental consent to an

abortion will be kept under the name of the petitioner.

(g) Confidentiality. The mental commitment index and

the judicial bypass proceeding index are confidential. Other

indices are public records even though the files may be

confidential.