§ 3-8-102 — Definitions

Wyoming § 3-8-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 03: Guardian and Ward
• Ch. 8: UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Adult" means an individual who has attained
eighteen (18) years of age;
(ii) "Conservator" means a person appointed by the
court to administer the property of an adult, including a person
appointed under W.S. 3-3-101 through 3-3-1106;
(iii) "Guardian" means a person appointed by the
court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult,
including a person appointed under W.S. 3-2-101 through 3-2-303;
(iv) "Guardianship order" means an order appointing a
guardian;
(v) "Guardianship proceeding" means a judicial
proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian
is sought or has been issued;
(vi) "Incompetent person" means an adult for whom a
guardian has been appointed;
(vii) "Party" means the respondent, petitioner,
guardian, conservator or any other person allowed by the court
to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding;
(viii) "Protected person" means an adult for whom a
protective order has been issued;
(ix) "Protective order" means an order appointing a
conservator or other order related to management of an adult's
property;
(x) "Protective proceeding" means a judicial
proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been
issued;
(xi) "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;
(xii) "Respondent" means an adult for whom a
protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought;
(xiii) "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;
(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 3-8-101 through 3-8-502.