2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 30 - Decedents' Estates; Protection of Persons and Property
30-701 - Terms, defined.
30-701. Terms, defined.
For purposes of sections 30-701 to 30-713:
(1) Adult child means an individual who is at least nineteen years of age and who is related to a resident biologically, through adoption, through the marriage or former marriage of the resident to the biological parent of the adult child, or by a judgment of parentage entered by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(2) Caregiver means a guardian, a designee under a power of attorney for health care, or another person or entity denying visitation access between a family member petitioner and a resident;
(3) Family member petitioner means the spouse, adult child, adult grandchild, parent, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin, or domestic partner of a resident;
(4) Guardian ad litem has the definition found in section 30-2601;
(5) Isolation has the definition found in section 28-358.01;
(6) Resident means an adult resident of:
(a) A health care facility as defined in section 71-413; or
(b) Any home or other residential dwelling in which the resident is receiving care and services from any person;
(7) Visitation means an in-person meeting or any telephonic, written, or electronic communication; and
(8) Visitor means a person appointed pursuant to section 30-2619.01.
Source
- Laws 2017, LB122, § 1;
- R.S.Supp.,2017, § 42-1301;
- Laws 2018, LB845, § 1.
