{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-26-2a-2","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 26-2A-2","heading":"Rule of Construction; Purposes.","body":"(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.\n(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:\n(1) Simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of minors, missing or disappeared persons, protected persons, and incapacitated persons;\n(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;\n(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\n(4) Make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.","path":["Title 26 Infants and Incompetents.","Chapter 2A Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act.","Article 1 General Provisions, Definitions and Jurisdiction of Court.","Division 1 Short Title, Construction, General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=26-2A-2","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"0199a8e9714de29349e81497233cb968192913feb89ea1f18681a6e13f5a7402","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-26-2a-1","next":"us-al/ala.-code-26-2a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}