Utah § 75-1-102 - Purposes -- Rule of construction.

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§ 75-1-102. Purposes -- Rule of construction.

Effective 5/7/2025
75-1-102.  Purposes -- Rule of construction.
(1)This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(2)The underlying purposes and policies of this title are:
(a)to simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;
(b)to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;
(c)to promote a speedy and efficient system for administering the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;
(d)to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and
(e)to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.


Amended by Chapter 310, 2025 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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