Purposes

Purposes. (a) This law shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. (b) The underlying purposes and policies of this law are: (1) To simplify and clarify the law and custom concerning the affairs of decedents and missing persons; (2) To discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of his property; (3) To promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his successors; and (4) To realize the compelling interest of the Northern Mariana Islands in preserving the historic traditions and culture of its citizens of Northern Marianas descent. Source: PL 3-106, ch. 1, § 4.