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.]

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