2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEFINITIONS AND JURISDICTION
18-A §1-102. Purposes; rule of construction

Part 1: SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL PROVISIONS

§1-102. Purposes; rule of construction

(a). This Code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

[ 1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW) .]

(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; [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]

(2). to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in the distribution of his property; [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]

(3). to promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his successors; [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]

(4). to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]

(5). to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions. [1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).]

[ 1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1979, c. 540, §1 (NEW).