Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 23 > Article 2 > Chapter 4 - Supervision of Continuing Care Contracts

• Application fee: means the fee charged an individual, in addition to the entrance fee or any other fee, to cover the provider's reasonable costs in processing the individual's application to become a resident. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Commissioner: means the securities commissioner as provided in IC 23-19-6-1(a). See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Continuing care agreement: means the following:

  Indiana Code 23-2-4-1

• Continuing care retirement community: includes both of the following:

  Indiana Code 23-2-4-1

• Contracting party: means a person or persons who enter into a continuing care agreement with a provider. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• 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.
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Entrance fee: means the sum of money or other property paid or transferred, or promised to be paid or transferred, to a provider in consideration for one (1) or more individuals becoming a resident of a continuing care retirement community under a continuing care agreement. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Living unit: means a room, apartment, cottage, or other area within a continuing care retirement community set aside for the use of one (1) or more identified residents. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Long term financing: means financing for a period in excess of one (1) year. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
• Omission of a material fact: means the failure to state a material fact required to be stated in any disclosure statement or registration in order to make the disclosure statement or registration, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• 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: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a limited liability company, or other legal entity. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Probate: Proving a will
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Provider: means a person that agrees to provide care under a continuing care agreement. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Refurbishment fee: means the fee charged an individual, in addition to the entrance fee or any other fee, to cover the provider's reasonable costs in refurbishing a previously occupied living unit specifically designated for occupancy by that individual. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Resident: means an individual who is entitled to receive benefits under a continuing care agreement. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Solicit: means any action of a provider in seeking to have an individual residing in Indiana pay an application fee and enter into a continuing care agreement, including:

  Indiana Code 23-2-4-1

• Termination: refers to the cancellation of a continuing care agreement under this chapter. See Indiana Code 23-2-4-1
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5