{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 1-102","heading":"Purposes; rule of construction","body":"Section 1–102. [Purposes; Rule of Construction.]\n(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:\n(1) to simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents and missing persons;\n(2) to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;\n(3) to promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;\n(4) to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and\n(5) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 190B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section1-102","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:27Z","sha256":"1e922b0d7cf8a89447d62b0121a8db833b6a11df94dee181dc191a210e127d76","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-1-101","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}