Louisiana § RS 9:2260.1 - Definitions

§ RS 9:2260.1. Definitions

As used in this Chapter:

(1)  "Adult" means an individual who has attained the age of eighteen years.

(2)  "Beneficiary" means an individual for whom property has been transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee for the individual's use and benefit under this Chapter.

(3)  "Court" means a court of competent jurisdiction.

(4)  "Curator" means a person appointed or qualified by a court to manage the estate of an individual or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.

(5)  "Custodial trust property" means an interest in property transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee under this Chapter and the income from and proceeds of that interest.

(6)  "Custodial trustee" means a person designated as trustee of a custodial trust under this Chapter or a substitute or successor to the person designated.

(7)  "Incapacitated" means lacking the ability to manage property and business affairs effectively by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, confinement, detention by a foreign power, disappearance, minority, or other disabling cause.

(8)  "Legal representative" means a personal representative, tutor, or curator.

(9)  "Member of the beneficiary's family" means a beneficiary's spouse, descendant, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.

(10)  "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(11)  "Personal representative" means an executor, administrator, or representative of a decedent's estate, a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions, or a successor to any of them.

(12)  "State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(13)  "Transferor" means a person who creates a custodial trust by transfer or declaration.

(14)  "Trust company" means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers.

(15)  "Tutor" means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as guardian of a minor's property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.

Acts 1995, No. 655, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.