75-1-102 - Purposes -- Rule of construction. - Utah Statutes

75-1-102. Purposes -- Rule of construction.
(1) This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposesand 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 decedentand 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