{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-75-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 75-1-102","heading":"Purposes -- Rule of construction.","body":"(1) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.\n(2) The underlying purposes and policies of this title are:\n(a) to simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;\n(b) to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;\n(c) to promote a speedy and efficient system for administering the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;\n(d) to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and\n(e) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.","path":["Title 75 Utah Uniform Probate Code","Chapter 75-1 General Provisions, Definitions, and Probate Jurisdiction of Court","Part 75-1-1 Short Title, Construction, and General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter1/75-1-S102.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"fd9e6c17b6ebcb97ed680f13e672e2d021f56ab4c431bc7b7f3d049618a5bc62","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-75-1-101","next":"us-ut/utah-code-75-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}