72-1-101. Short title — purpose. (1) Chapters 1 through 5 and chapter 16, part 6, shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Probate Code”.

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(2)(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 to:

(i)simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;

(ii)discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent’s property;

(iii)promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent’s successors;

(iv)facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and

(v)make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.