Mass. General Laws c.190B § 1-102

Purposes; rule of construction

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Section 1-102

(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 and missing persons;
• (2) to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of the decedent's property;
• (3) to promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to the decedent's successors;
• (4) to facilitate use and enforcement of certain trusts; and
• (5) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.