(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 26-2A-2

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:

(1) Simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of minors, missing or disappeared persons, protected persons, and incapacitated persons;
(2) Promote a speedy and efficient system for managing and protecting the estates of protected persons so that assets may be preserved for application to the needs of protected persons and their dependents;
(3) Provide a system of general and limited guardianships for minors and incapacitated persons and to coordinate guardianships and protective proceedings concerned with management and protection of estates of incapacitated persons; and
(4) Make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
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