Utah Code 75-5a-102. Definitions
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As used in this part:
(1) “Adult” means an individual who is 21 years old or older.
Terms Used In Utah Code 75-5a-102
- Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Conservator: means a person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- 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.
- Court: means any of the courts of record in this state having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs of decedents. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Minor: means a person who is under 18 years old. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Organization: includes a corporation, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Parent: includes any person entitled to take, or who would be entitled to take if the child died without a will, as a parent under this title by intestate succession from the child whose relationship is in question. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Person: means an individual or an organization. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Property: includes both real and personal property or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Special administrator: means a personal representative as described in Sections
75-3-614 through75-3-618 . See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2 - State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or a Native American tribe or band recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Successor personal representative: means a personal representative, other than a special administrator, who is appointed to succeed a previously appointed personal representative. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Trust: includes :(60)(a)(i) a health savings account, as defined in Section 223of the Internal Revenue Code;(60)(a)(ii) an express trust, private or charitable, with additions thereto, wherever and however created; or(60)(a)(iii) a trust created or determined by judgment or decree under which the trust is to be administered in the manner of an express trust. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) “Benefit plan” means an employer’s plan for the benefit of an employee or partner.(3) “Broker” means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for the person’s own account or for the accounts of others.(4) “Conservator” means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited, or temporary guardian of a minor‘s property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.(5) “Court” means a court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration.(6) “Custodial property” means:(6)(a) any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this part; and(6)(b) the income from and proceeds of that interest in property.(7) “Custodian” means a person so designated under Section75-5a-110 or a successor or substitute custodian designated under Section75-5a-119 .(8) “Financial institution” means a bank, trust company, savings institution, or credit union, chartered and supervised under state or federal law.(9) “Legal representative” means an individual’s personal representative or conservator.(10) “Member of the minor’s family” means the minor’s parent, stepparent, spouse, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.(11) “Minor” means an individual who is under 21 years old.(12) “Person” means an individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity.(13) “Personal representative” means an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, or special administrator of a decedent‘s estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.(14) “State” includes any state of the United States, the district of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.(15) “Transfer” means a transaction that creates custodial property under Section75-5a-110 .(16) “Transferor” means a person who makes a transfer under this part.(17) “Trust company” means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers.