Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-3-302
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective
Proceedings Jurisdiction Act:
(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;
(3) “Guardian” means a person appointed by the court to make
decisions regarding the person of 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;
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(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.
Proceedings Jurisdiction Act:
(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;
(3) “Guardian” means a person appointed by the court to make
decisions regarding the person of 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;
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(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.
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