2018 New York Laws
MHY - Mental Hygiene
Title E - General Provisions
Article 83 - Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act
83.03 - Definitions.

§ 83.03 Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
(a)  "Adult"  means  an  individual who has attained eighteen years of
  age.
(b) "Emergency" means  a  circumstance  that  likely  will  result  in
  substantial  harm  to  a respondent's health, safety or welfare, and for
  which the appointment of a guardian is necessary because no other person
  has authority and is willing to act on the respondent's behalf.
(c) "Guardian of the property" means a person appointed by  the  court
  to  administer  the  property  of an adult, including a person appointed
  under article eighty-one of this title and article  seventeen-A  of  the
  surrogate's  court  procedure act, and including a conservator appointed
  by a court in another state.
(d) "Guardian of the person" means a person appointed by the court  to
  make  decisions  regarding  the  person  of an adult, including a person
  appointed under article eighty-one of this title and article seventeen-A
  of the surrogate's court procedure act.
(e)  "Home  state"  means  the  state  in  which  the  respondent  was
  physically  present,  including  any period of temporary absence, for at
  least six consecutive months immediately before the filing of a petition
  for a protective order or the appointment of a guardian of  the  person;
  or  if  none,  the state in which the respondent was physically present,
  including any period of temporary absence, for at least six  consecutive
  months ending within the six months prior to the filing of the petition.
(f)  "Party" means the respondent, petitioner, guardian of the person,
  conservator guardian of the property, or any other person allowed by the
  court to participate in a guardianship proceeding for the appointment of
  a guardian of the person or a protective proceeding.
(g) "Person", except in the  term  incapacitated  person  for  whom  a
  guardian  of the person has been appointed 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.
(h)  "Protected person" means an adult for whom a protective order has
  been issued.
(i) "Protective  order"  means  an  order  appointing  a  conservator,
  guardian  of  the  property  or  other order related to management of an
  adult's property.
(j) "Protective proceeding" means a judicial  proceeding  in  which  a
  protective order is sought or has been issued.
(k)  "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.
(l) "Respondent" means an adult for whom a  protective  order  or  the
  appointment of a guardian of the person is sought.
(m)  "Significant-connection state" means a state, other than the home
  state, with which a respondent has a significant connection  other  than
  mere  physical presence and in which substantial evidence concerning the
  respondent is available.
(n) "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.