South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 05A - Uniform Adult Guardianship And Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act
Section 29A-5A-102 - Definitions.

29A-5A-102. Definitions.
In this chapter:
(1)"Adult" means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age.
(2)"Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under chapter 29A-5.
(3)"Guardian" means a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under chapter 29A-5, but excludes one who is merely a guardian ad litem.
(4)"Guardianship order" means an order appointing a guardian, limited guardian, or temporary 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)"Party" means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding.
(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.
(8)"Protected person" means an adult for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed.
(9)"Protective order" means an order appointing a conservator or other order related to management of an adult's property.
(10)"Protective proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued.
(11)"Provisional order" means a temporary, preliminary, or tentative order which must be finalized by a subsequent order.
(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 alleged to need protection for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought.
(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.

Source: SL 2011, ch 135, §102.