§ 43-8-2 — Construction of Chapter; Purposes and Policies

Alabama § 43-8-2

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 43: Wills and Decedents’ Estates
• Ch. 8: Probate Code
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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(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:
(1) To simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents;
(2) To discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in the distribution of his or her property.

Legislative History

(Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §1-102.)