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Utah Uniform Probate Code | |
General Provisions, Definitions, and Probate Jurisdiction of Court | |
Section 102 | Purposes -- Rule of construction. |
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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 |
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