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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 5: PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY
18-A §5-512. Definitions (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 7/1/13 by T. 18-A, §5-554; PL 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW))

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18-A ME Rev Stat § 5-512 (2012 through 125th Legis)
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Part 5-A: UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT

Subpart 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§5-512. Definitions

(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)

(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE 7/1/13 by T. 18-A, §5-554; PL 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW))

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.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(b). "Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under Part 4.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(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.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(d). "Guardianship order" means an order appointing a guardian.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(e). "Guardianship proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(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).

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(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.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(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.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(i). "Protected person" means an adult for whom a protective order has been issued.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(j). "Protective order" means an order appointing a conservator or other order related to management or disposition of an adult's property.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(k). "Protective proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(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.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(m). "Respondent" means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

(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.

[ 2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2011, c. 564, §1 (NEW).

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