§ 26-2A-2 — Rule of Construction; Purposes

Alabama § 26-2A-2

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 26: Infants and Incompetents
• Ch. 2A: Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act
• Art. 1: General Provisions, Definitions and Jurisdiction of Court
• Div. 1: Short Title, Construction, General Provisions

Text

(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:
(1) Simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of minors, missing or disappeared persons, protected persons, and incapacitated persons;
(2) Promote a speedy and efficient system for managing and protecting the estates of protected persons so that assets may be preserved for application to the needs of protected persons and their dependents;
(3) Provide a system of general and limited guardianships for minors and incapacitated persons and to coordinate guardianships and protective proceedings concerned with management and protection of estates of incapacitated persons; and
(4) Make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.

Legislative History

(Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §1-102.)