{"data":{"id":"us-nm/45-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"45-1-102","heading":"Rule of construction; purposes of act.","body":"A. The Uniform Probate Code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.\nB. The underlying purposes and policies of the Uniform Probate Code are:\n(1) to simplify, clarify and modernize certain laws concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors and incapacitated 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 the settlement and distribution of the estate of the decedent;\n(4) to facilitate survivorship and related accounts and similar property interests in New Mexico;\n(5) to provide a comprehensive system of methods of disclaiming interests in property;\n(6) to facilitate the use and enforcement of governing instruments;\n(7) to apportion taxes on estates; and\n(8) to make uniform the law among the states.","path":["Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code","ARTICLE 1 Uniform Probate Code"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18546/index.do","current_through":"2024-09-06","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"cc4af5d66f326a292ed8d7e3b59d33c4b6b8da6075c5292cc660d48ed0d24540","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/45-1-101","next":"us-nm/45-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}