§ 5-201 Appointment and status of guardian
§ 5-202 Parental appointment of guardian
§ 5-203 Objection by minor or others to parental appointment
§ 5-204 Judicial appointment of guardian; conditions for appointment
§ 5-205 Judicial appointment of guardian; procedure
§ 5-206 Terms of order appointing guardian
§ 5-207 Duties of guardian
§ 5-208 Powers of guardian
§ 5-209 Rights and immunities of guardian
§ 5-210 Modification or termination of guardianship; other proceedings after appointment
§ 5-211 Transitional arrangement for minors; continued contact with former guardian after termination
§ 5-212 Appointment of guardian ad litem for minor
§ 5-213 Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and Maine Indian Child Welfare Act

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 18-C > Article 5 > Part 2 - Guardianship of Minor

  • Aboveground oil storage facility: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 1?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392
  • Adult: means an individual at least 18 years of age or an emancipated individual under 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applicant: means an individual who has applied for a homestead property tax exemption pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Best interest of the minor: means the standard of the best interest of the child according to the factors set forth in Title 19?A, section 1653, subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Bureau: means the Bureau of Revenue Services, which may be referred to as "Maine Revenue Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Code: means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and amendments to that Code as of December 31, 2022. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Community drinking water well: means a public drinking water well that supplies a community water system as defined under Title 22, section 2660?B, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392
  • Conservator: includes a coconservator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Consumer: means an individual who purchases or accepts food or beverages for use or consumption. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Cooperative housing corporation: means an entity organized for the purpose of owning residential real estate in which residents own shares that entitle the shareholder to inhabit a certain space within a residential dwelling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681
  • Cooperative property: means the real property, including mobile and manufactured homes, owned by a cooperative housing corporation for the primary purpose of residential use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Covered establishment: includes , but is not limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discharge: includes , but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, disposing, emptying or dumping onto the land or into the water or ambient air. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1401
  • Disposable food service container: includes service ware for take-out foods, bakery products and leftovers from partially consumed meals prepared by covered establishments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571
  • Double-walled tank: means a tank with inner and outer walls separated by an interstitial space that allows detection and containment of leaks. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392
  • Eligible business equipment: includes , without limitation, repair parts, replacement parts, replacement equipment, additions, accessions and accessories to other qualified property that first became subject to assessment under this Part before April 1, 2008 if the part, addition, equipment, accession or accessory would, in the absence of this subchapter, first be subject to assessment under this Part on or after April 1, 2008. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Exempt business equipment: means eligible business equipment that is exempt under this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Guardian: includes a coguardian but does not include a guardian ad litem. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Guardian ad litem: means a person appointed to inform the court about, and to represent, the needs and best interest of an individual. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Hazardous material: includes :
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1401
  • Homestead: means any residential property, including cooperative property, in this State assessed as real property owned by an applicant or held in a revocable living trust for the benefit of the applicant and occupied by the applicant as the applicant's permanent residence or owned by a cooperative housing corporation and occupied as a permanent residence by a resident who is a qualifying shareholder. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681
  • in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Inventory parts: includes repair parts, replacement parts, replacement equipment, additions, accessions and accessories on hand but not in service and stocks or inventories of repair parts, replacement parts, replacement equipment, additions, accessions and accessories on hand but not in service and other machinery and equipment on hand for future use but not in service if acquired after April 1, 2007, regardless of when placed in service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Minor: means an unemancipated individual who is under 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Municipal tax increment percentage: means , with respect to tax increment financing districts, the specified percentage of captured assessed value retained as provided in Title 30?A, section 5227 and allocated to the municipality for the municipality's own authorized project costs as provided in Title 30?A, section 5225. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Municipality: shall include cities, towns and plantations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501
  • Notice: means written notification served personally, sent by certified mail or sent by first-class mail to the last known address of the person for whom the notification is intended. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oil: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 15. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392
  • Parent: means a person who has established a parent-child relationship with the child under Title 19?A, chapter 61 and whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Permanent residence: means that place where an individual has a true, fixed and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual, whenever absent, has the intention of returning. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681
  • Permanent resident: means an individual who has established a permanent residence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, society, club, corporation, financial institution, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, assignee or any other group or combination acting as a unit, the State or Federal Government or any political subdivision or agency of either government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Person: includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1401
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Place: shall include municipalities, townships and any other unorganized area. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501
  • Polystyrene foam: means blown polystyrene and expanded or extruded foams using a styrene monomer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571
  • Primarily: means more than 50% of the time;
  • (b) "Retail sales activity" means an activity associated with the selection and retail purchase of goods or rental of tangible personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Property: shall be construed to mean both real estate and personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501
  • Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property, tangible and intangible, or any interest therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Qualified property: means tangible personal property that:
    (1) Is used or held for use exclusively for a business purpose by the person in possession of it or, in the case of construction in progress or inventory parts, is intended to be used exclusively for a business purpose by the person who will possess that property; and
    (2) Either:
    (a) Was subject to an allowance for depreciation under the Code on April 1st of the property tax year for which a claim for exemption under this subchapter is filed or would have been subject to an allowance for depreciation under the Code as of that date but for the fact that the property has been fully depreciated; or
    (b) In the case of construction in progress or inventory parts, would be subject under the Code to an allowance for depreciation when placed in service or would have been subject to an allowance for depreciation under the Code as of that date but for the fact that the property has been fully depreciated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Qualifying shareholder: means a person who is a:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681
  • Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Respondent: means an individual for whom appointment of a guardian or conservator or a protective arrangement instead of guardianship or conservatorship is sought. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Retail sales facility: means a structure used to serve customers who are physically present at the facility for the purpose of selection and retail purchase of goods or rental of tangible personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Return: means any document, digital file or electronic data transmission containing information required by this Title to be reported to the State Tax Assessor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Service ware: means a container, bowl, plate, tray, carton, cup, lid, sleeve, stirrer or other item designed to be used to contain, transport, serve or consume food or beverages. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1571
  • Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • State: includes an Indian tribe or band recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102
  • Tax: means the total amount required to be paid, withheld and paid over or collected and paid over with respect to estimated or actual tax liability under this Title, any credit or reimbursement allowed or paid pursuant to this Title that is recoverable by the assessor and any amount assessed by the assessor pursuant to this Title, including any interest or penalties provided by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Taxpayer: means any person required to file a return under this Title or to pay, withhold and pay over or collect and pay over any tax imposed by this Title. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • TIF exempt business equipment: means exempt business equipment that is located within a tax increment financing district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Underground oil storage facility: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 21. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • used: means "intended to be used. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 691
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Wellhead protection zone: means :
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72