Rule of construction; purposes.
This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to: Simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of missing individuals, protected individuals, and incapacitated individuals; 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 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.
Annotations
Feb. 28, 1987, D.C. Law 6-204, § 2(a), 34 DCR 632 Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 1-102 of the Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act (1982 Act). 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.
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