75-1-102. Purposes — Rule of construction.
- (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