§ 15-14.5-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 15-14.5-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 15: Probate,
• Art.: Uniform Adult Guardianship and

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In this article:

(1) Adult means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age.

(2) Conservator means a person appointed by the court to administer the
property of an adult, including a person appointed under section 15-14-401.

(3) Guardian means a person appointed by the court to make decisions
regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under section 15-14-301.

(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.

(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.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2008: Entire article added, p. 787, � 1, effective May 14.