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