The South Dakota Uniform Probate Code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote simplification, clarification, and efficiency in the law of decedent's estates, guardianship and conservatorship, and multiple-party accounts and other nonprobate transfers.
S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-1-102
Purposes--Rule of construction
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re the Estate of Olson (2008)
Most recently applied in Estate of Jones (February 2022)
Source: SL 1995, ch 167, § 1-102; SL 1998, ch 282, § 44; SL 2017, ch 208, § 37.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.