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387.812 Definitions for KRS 387.810 to 387.854.
As used in KRS 387.810 to 387.854:
(1) "Adult" means an individual who has attained eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) "Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to administer the
property of an adult, including a person appointed under this chapter;
(3) "Guardian" means a person appointed by the court to make decisions
regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under this
chapter;
(4) "Guardianship order" means an order appointing a guardian;
(5) "Guardianship proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which an order for
the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued;
(6) "Incapacitated person" means an adult for whom a guardian has been
appointed;
(7) "Party" means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other
person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective
proceeding;
(8) "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;
(9) "Protected person" means an adult for whom a protective order has been
issued;
(10) "Protective order" means an order appointing a conservator or other order
related to management of an adult's property;
(11) "Protective proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order
is sought or has been issued;
(12) "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;
(13) "Respondent" means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment
of a guardian is sought; and
(14) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or
any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011.
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