2011 Utah Code
Title 75 Utah Uniform Probate Code
Chapter 1 General Provisions, Definitions, and Probate Jurisdiction of Court
Section 102 Purposes -- Rule of construction.

75-1-102. 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.