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§ 21–2001. Rule of construction; purposes.

DC Code § 21–2001 (2019) (N/A)
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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 to:

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

(2) Promote a speedy and efficient system for managing and protecting the estates of protected individuals so that assets may be preserved for application to the needs of protected individuals and their dependents; and

(3) Provide a system of general and limited guardianships for incapacitated individuals and coordinate guardianships and protective proceedings concerned with management and protection of estates of incapacitated individuals.

(Feb. 28, 1987, D.C. Law 6-204, § 2(a), 34 DCR 632.)

1981 Ed., § 21-2001.

This section is referenced in § 21-2203, § 21-2401.02, and § 21-2403.02.

Presumption of capacity, health care decisions, see § 21-2203.

Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 1-102 of the Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act (1982 Act).

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