15-1-102. PURPOSES — RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. (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.
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.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 15 - UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEFINITIONS AND PROBATE JURISDICTION OF COURT
Part 1 - SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 15-1-101 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 15-1-102 - PURPOSES — RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Section 15-1-103 - SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW APPLICABLE.
Section 15-1-104 - SEVERABILITY.
Section 15-1-105 - CONSTRUCTION AGAINST IMPLIED REPEAL.
Section 15-1-106 - EFFECT OF FRAUD AND EVASION.
Section 15-1-107 - EVIDENCE AS TO DEATH OR STATUS.
Section 15-1-108 - ACTS BY HOLDER OF GENERAL POWER.
Section 15-1-109 - SATISFACTION OF PECUNIARY DEVISES OR TRANSFERS BY DISTRIBUTION IN KIND.