§43-8-2. Construction of chapter; purposes and policies.  


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

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

    (1) To simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents;

    (2) To discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in the distribution of his property.

(Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §1-102.)