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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2202 (2026)

Purposes; rule of construction

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(a) This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this code are:

(1) to simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons;

(2) to discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of his or her property;

(3) to promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating the estate of the decedent and making distribution to his or her successors; and

(4) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2023 · leading case: Abbott v. Sellon (In Re Est.), 299 Neb. 596 (Neb. 2018).
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Abbott v. Sellon (In Re Est.), 299 Neb. 596 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 2× “45 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2202 (Reissue 2016) ; In re Estate of Kentopp .”
Kentopp v. Kentopp, 295 N.W.2d 275 (Neb. 1980). · cites it 4× “See Neb.Rev.Stat. § 30-2202 (Reissue 1979). For the reasons stated, the judgment of the District Court in case No.”
In Re Est. of Wilson, 594 N.W.2d 695 (Neb. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2202 (Reissue 1995); In re Estate of Kentopp.”
In Re Est. of Corbett, 279 N.W.2d 89 (Neb. 1979). · cites it 2× “” The purposes and rules of construction to be ap *403 plied to the Nebraska Probate Code are expressed in section 30-2202, R. R. S. 1943: “(a) This code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, (b) The underlying purposes and…”
In re Est. of Abbott-Ochsner, 299 Neb. 596 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 2× “We have never held that we have appellate jurisdiction to determine if the lower court acted within its jurisdiction in an appeal from a nonfinal order.”
Sparks v. Mach, 993 N.W.2d 119 (Neb. 2023). “724 Here, we conclude that with the 2-month extension of the 4-year limitations period by operation of § 30-2484, Sparks’ cause of action would have been time barred after May 3, 2021.”
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2202(a) — 1 case
Sparks v. Mach, 993 N.W.2d 119 (Neb. 2023). “724 Here, we conclude that with the 2-month extension of the 4-year limitations period by operation of § 30-2484, Sparks’ cause of action would have been time barred after May 3, 2021.”
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