§ 75-1-102. Purposes -- Rule of construction.

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(1)	This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

(2)

The underlying purposes and policies of this code are:

(a)	To simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;

(b)	To discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of his property;

(c)	To promote a speedy and efficient system for administering the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his successors;

(d)	To facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and

(e)	To make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.

Enacted by Chapter 150, 1975 General Session

                    
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