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Commencement of a bankruptcy case creates an estate. The estate technically becomes the temporary legal owner of all the debtor's property. It consists of all legal or equitable interests of the debtor in property as of the commencement of the case, including property owned or held by another person if the debtor has an interest in the property. Generally speaking, the debtor's creditors are paid from nonexempt property of the estate.

In Alaska, as in all states, the commencement of a bankruptcy case creates a bankruptcy estate, which is a central concept in bankruptcy proceedings. This estate is comprised of all the debtor's legal or equitable interests in property at the time the bankruptcy case is filed. The estate includes not only property directly owned by the debtor but also property that the debtor has an interest in, even if it is held by someone else. The estate serves as the temporary legal owner of the debtor's property. The role of the estate is to ensure that the debtor's nonexempt assets are distributed to creditors in accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. Exemptions allow the debtor to keep certain property out of the estate, meaning it cannot be used to pay creditors. Alaska has its own set of exemptions that debtors can choose instead of federal exemptions, and these exemptions determine what property is protected from being sold off to pay debts.

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