<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 29A-5A-102 - Definitions. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052310Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052310SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052310CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052310Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } 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href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-5A-102"><span class="s2052310SENU">29A-5A-102</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052310SENU">. </span><span class="s2052310CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000000"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">In this chapter:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Adult" means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-5"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">29A-5</span></a><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Guardian" means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-5"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">29A-5</span></a><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">, but excludes one who is merely a guardian ad litem.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Guardianship order" means an order appointing a guardian, limited guardian, or temporary guardian.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Guardianship proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Party" means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Person," except in the term, 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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Protected person" means an adult for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Protective order" means an order appointing a conservator or other order related to management of an adult's property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    "Protective proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    "Provisional order" means a temporary, preliminary, or tentative order which must be finalized by a subsequent order.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    "Respondent" means an adult alleged to need protection for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal-000001"><span class="s2052310DefaultParagraphFont">(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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052310000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052310Normal"><span class="s2052310SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052310SCL-000003"> SL 2011, ch 135, § 102.</span></p></div></body></html>