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Section 43-8-2 Construction of Chapter; Purposes and Policies

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Alabama Code › Title 43 › Chapter 8 › Section 43-8-2

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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 or her property.

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