§ 33-15.2-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(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 chapter 15 of title 33.
(3) "Emergency� means circumstances that likely will result in substantial harm to a respondent's
health, safety, or welfare, and in which the appointment of a guardian is necessary
because no other person has authority to and is willing to act on the respondent's
behalf.
(4) "Guardian� means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person
of an adult, including a person appointed under chapter 15 of title 33.
(5) "Guardianship order� means an order appointing a guardian.
(6) "Guardianship proceeding� means a proceeding in which an order for the appointment
of a guardian is sought or has been issued.
(7) "Home state� means the state in which the respondent was physically present, including
any period of temporary absence, for at least six (6) consecutive months immediately
before the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a
protective order; or if none, the state in which the respondent was physically present,
including any period of temporary absence, for at least six (6) consecutive months
ending within the six (6) months prior to the filing of the petition.
(8) "Incapacitated person� means an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed.
(9) "Party� means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other person
allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding.
(10) "Person� means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,
limited-liability company, association, joint venture, government or governmental
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or
commercial entity.
(11) "Protected person� means an adult for whom a protective order has been made.
(12) "Protective order� means an order appointing a conservator or another court order
related to management of an adult's property.
(13) "Protective proceeding� means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is
sought or has been issued.
(14) "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.
(15) "Respondent� means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian
is sought.
(16) "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.
(17) "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.