2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 14 - Trusts, Estates and Protective Proceedings
§ 14-9101 Definitions

14-9101. Definitions

In this title, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. " Beneficiary" means an individual for whom property has been transferred to, or held under a declaration of trust by, a custodial trustee for the individual's use and benefit under this chapter.

2. " Conservator" means a person who is appointed or qualified by a court to manage the estate of an individual or who is legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.

3. " Court" means the superior court of this State.

4. " Custodial trust property" means an interest in property transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee under this chapter and the income from and proceeds of that interest.

5. " Custodial trustee" means a person who is designated as trustee of a custodial trust under this chapter or a substitute or successor to the person designated.

6. " Guardian" means a person who is appointed or qualified by a court as a guardian of an individual, including a limited guardian, but not a person who is only a guardian ad litem.

7. " Incapacitated" means lacking the ability to manage property and business affairs effectively by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, confinement, detention by a foreign power, disappearance, minority or other disabling cause.

8. " Legal representative" means a personal representative or conservator.

9. " Member of the beneficiary's family" means a beneficiary's spouse, descendant, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.

10. " Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, association or any other legal or commercial entity.

11. " Personal representative" means an executor, administrator or special administrator of a decedent's estate, a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions or a successor to any of them.

12. " State" means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

13. " Transferor" means a person who creates a custodial trust by transfer or declaration.

14. " Trust company" means a financial institution, corporation or other legal entity that is authorized to exercise general trust powers.