Uniform Probate Code 1-101 in NJ

Uniform Probate Code 1-101 in NJ

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEFINITIONS AND PROBATE JURISDICTION OF COURT

PART 1. SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION

1-101. SHORT TITLE. This [act] shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Probate Code.

SECTION 1-102. PURPOSES; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

(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 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.