1. (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

2. (b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:

   1. (1) Simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of missing individuals, protected individuals, and incapacitated individuals;
   2. (2) Promote a speedy and efficient system for managing and protecting the estates of protected individuals so that assets may be preserved for application to the needs of protected individuals and their dependents; and
   3. (3) Provide a system of general and limited guardianships for incapacitated individuals and coordinate guardianships and protective proceedings concerned with management and protection of estates of incapacitated individuals.

History

Feb. 28, 1987, D.C. Law 6-204, § 2(a), 34 DCR 632

Editor's Notes

Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 1-102 of the Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act (1982 Act).

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 21-2001.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 21-2203, § 21-2401.02, and § 21-2403.02.

Cross References

Presumption of capacity, health care decisions, see § 21-2203.