Nebraska Statutes 30-3902. Definitions
In the Nebraska Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 30-3902
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Probate: Proving a will
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(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.