KRS 387.812: Definitions for KRS 387.810 to 387.854.

As used in KRS 387.810 to 387.854:

(1) "Adult" means an individual who has attained eighteen (18) years of age;

(2) "Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of

an adult, including a person appointed under this chapter;

(3) "Guardian" means a person appo inted by the court to make decisions regarding the

person of an adult, including a person appointed under this chapter;

(4) "Guardianship order" means an order appointing a guardian;

(5) "Guardianship proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which an ord er 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, associatio n, 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 in scribed 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.