Idaho Statutes
§ 15-1-102 — PURPOSES — RULE OF CONSTRUCTION
Idaho·Title 15 UNIFORM PROBATE CODE·Part 1. SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL PROVISIONS·Ch. 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEFINITIONS AND PROBATE JURISDICTION OF COURT
(a)This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b)The underlying purposes and policies of this code are:
(1)to simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors and incapacitated persons;
(2)to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of his property;
(3)to promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his successors;
(4)to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts;
(5)to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
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Legislative History
[I.C., sec. 15-1-102, as added by 1971, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 233; am. 1973, ch. 167, sec. 1, p. 319.]
Nearby Sections
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§ 15-1-101
SHORT TITLE§ 15-1-102
PURPOSES — RULE OF CONSTRUCTION§ 15-1-104
SEVERABILITY§ 15-1-105
CONSTRUCTION AGAINST IMPLIED REPEAL§ 15-1-106
EFFECT OF FRAUD AND EVASION§ 15-1-107
EVIDENCE AS TO DEATH OR STATUS§ 15-1-108
ACTS BY HOLDER OF GENERAL POWER§ 15-1-201
GENERAL DEFINITIONS§ 15-1-301
TERRITORIAL APPLICATION§ 15-1-303
VENUE — MULTIPLE PROCEEDINGS — TRANSFER§ 15-1-305
RECORDS AND CERTIFIED COPIES§ 15-1-305A
RECORDING PERMITTED — EFFECT§ 15-1-306
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