Idaho Statutes
§ 15-1-102 — PURPOSES — RULE OF CONSTRUCTION
Idaho § 15-1-102
JurisdictionIdaho
Title 15UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
Part 1.SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL PROVISIONS
Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEFINITIONS AND PROBATE JURISDICTION OF COURT
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Idaho Code § 15-1-102 (2026).
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(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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