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

2. (2) The underlying purposes and policies of this title are:

   1. (a) to simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;
   2. (b) to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;
   3. (c) to promote a speedy and efficient system for administering the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;
   4. (d) to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and
   5. (e) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.

Amended by Chapter 310, 2025 General Session