Section 10-1212 – CONSTRUCTION OF ACT.
10-1212. CONSTRUCTION OF ACT. This act is declared to be remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations, and is to be liberally construed and administered. History: [10-1212, added 1933, ch. 70, sec. 12, p. 113.]
Section 10-1213 – “PERSON” DEFINED.
10-1213. "PERSON" DEFINED. The word "person" wherever used in this act, shall be construed to mean any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association or society, or municipal or other corporation of any character whatsoever. History: [10-1213, added 1933, ch. 70, sec. 13, p. 113.]
Section 10-1214 – SEPARABILITY — EXCEPTION.
10-1214. SEPARABILITY — EXCEPTION. The several sections and provisions of this act, except Sections 10-1201 and 10-1202, are hereby declared independent and severable, and the invalidity, if any, of any part or feature thereof shall not affect or render the remainder of the act invalid or inoperative. History: [10-1214, added 1933, ch. 70, sec. 14, […]
Section 10-1215 – CONSTRUCTION TO EFFECTUATE UNIFORMITY.
10-1215. CONSTRUCTION TO EFFECTUATE UNIFORMITY. This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of these [those] states which enact it, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees. History: [10-1215, added 1933, […]
Section 10-1216 – SHORT TITLE.
10-1216. SHORT TITLE. This act may be cited as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act. History: [10-1216, added 1933, ch. 70, sec. 16, p. 113.]
Section 10-1201 – DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS AUTHORIZED — FORM AND EFFECT.
10-1201. DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS AUTHORIZED — FORM AND EFFECT. Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is […]
Section 10-1217 – DECLARATORY JUDGMENT OF LEGAL DEATH.
10-1217. DECLARATORY JUDGMENT OF LEGAL DEATH. The court has the authority through a declaratory judgment to determine that a person who is absent, and who has not been heard from, is legally dead. In making such determination, the court may, at any time, consider all evidence available, and may rule, based on clear and convincing […]
Section 10-1202 – PERSON INTERESTED OR AFFECTED MAY HAVE DECLARATION.
10-1202. PERSON INTERESTED OR AFFECTED MAY HAVE DECLARATION. Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract or any oral contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising […]
Section 10-1203 – CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACTS.
10-1203. CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACTS. A contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach thereof. History: [10-1203, added 1933, ch. 70, sec. 3, p. 113.]
Section 10-1204 – REPRESENTATIVES AND PERSONS BENEFICIALLY INTERESTED — RIGHT TO DECLARATION.
10-1204. REPRESENTATIVES AND PERSONS BENEFICIALLY INTERESTED — RIGHT TO DECLARATION. Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, an infant, a person with a mental […]