P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 2671
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Adult.— Means an individual who has attained twenty-one (21) years of age, including minors who have become emancipated.
(b) Guardian or Conservator.— Means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult and make decisions regarding said adult, including a person appointed under §§ 661 et seq. of Title 31.
(c) Guardianship order.— Means a court order appointing a guardian after declaring someone incapacitated.
(d) Guardianship proceeding.— Means a judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued.
(e) Incapacitated person.— Means an adult declared incapacitated by a court with jurisdiction and for whom a guardian has been appointed.
(f) Party.— Means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, or any other person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding.
(g) Person.— Except in the term “incapacitated person” or “protected person”, means an individual, corporation, trust, estate, partnership, association, government 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 proceeding.— Means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued.
(j) 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.
(k) Respondent or Protected person.— Means an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought.
(l) 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.
History —Oct. 5, 2012, No. 296, § 2.