Purposes -- Rule of construction.

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6. Purposes -- Rule of construction.

• (1) This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

• (2) The underlying purposes and policies of this code are:
  • (a) To simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;
  • (b) To discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of his property;
  • (c) To promote a speedy and efficient system for administering the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his successors;
  • (d) To facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and
  • (e) To make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.

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