{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 62-1-102","heading":"Purposes; rules of construction.","body":"(a) This Code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.\n(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this Code are:\n(1) to simplify and clarify the law 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 the distribution of his property;\n(3) to promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his successors;\n(4) to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts;\n(5) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.","path":["Title 62 - SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions, Definitions, and Probate Jurisdiction of Court","Part 1 Short Title, Construction, General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t62c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:08:24Z","sha256":"77ca5c3fd396403b87371fd1ba7dd9804da97a4d9be00b9307919a94501fd1fc","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-1-101","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-62-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}