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S.C. Code Ann. § 62-1-102 – Purposes; rule of construction | Midpage
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South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 62
Chapter 1
§ 62-1-102
S.C. Code Ann. § 62-1-102
Purposes; rule of construction
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(a) This Code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this Code are:
(1) to simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;
(2) to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in the distribution of his property;
(3) to promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his successors;
(4) to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts;
(5) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.