Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 30-3902

Current with changes through the 2024 First Special Legislative Session

Section 30-3902 - Definitions

In the Nebraska Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act:

(1) Adult means an individual who has attained nineteen years of age;

(2) Conservator means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under the Nebraska Probate Code for an adult;

(3) Guardian means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under the Nebraska Probate Code for an adult;

(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; and

(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.

Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 30-3902

Laws 2011, LB 157, § 6.