§560:1-102  Purposes; rule of
construction.  (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 to:

(1)  Simplify and clarify the law concerning the
affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors and
incapacitated persons;

(2)  Discover and make effective the intent of a
decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;

(3)  Promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating
the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's
successors;

(4)  Facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts;
and

(5)  Make uniform the law among the various
jurisdictions. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1]