§5-512. Definitions
(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)
(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/1/19)
As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW).]
(a).
"Adult" means an individual who has attained 18 years of age.
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(b).
"Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of
an adult, including a person appointed under Part 4.
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(c).
"Guardian" means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person
of an adult, including a person appointed under Part 3.
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(d).
"Guardianship order" means an order appointing a guardian.
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(e).
"Guardianship proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment
of a guardian is sought or has been issued.
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(f).
"Incapacitated person" means an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed or an
adult who is an incapacitated person within the meaning of section 5-101, subsection
(1).
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(g).
"Party" means an interested person within the meaning of section 1-201, subsection
(20), including the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator or any other person
allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding.
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(h).
"Person," except in the term "incapacitated person" or "protected person," means:
an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability
company; association; joint venture; public corporation; government or governmental
subdivision, agency or instrumentality; or any other legal or commercial entity.
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(i).
"Protected person" means an adult for whom a protective order has been issued.
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(j).
"Protective order" means an order appointing a conservator or other order related
to management or disposition of an adult's property.
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(k).
"Protective proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is
sought or has been issued.
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(l).
"Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored
in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
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(m).
"Respondent" means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian
is sought.
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(n).
"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States.
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2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW)
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SECTION HISTORY
2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW).
2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §1 (RP).
2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF).