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Section 20-49-101 - Definitions

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Court' shall mean circuit court;(2) 'Guardian' shall mean one appointed to have the care and custody of the person of an incompetent person; and(3) 'Incompetent person' shall mean a person as to whom it is proved: (A) He or she is incapable of caring for himself or herself by reason of intellectual and developmental disability, mental illness, imbecility, idiocy, or other mental incapacity;(B) He or she manifests sexual inclinations which make it probable that he or she will procreate children unless he or she is rendered incapable of procreation; and(C) There is no probability that his or her condition will improve so that he or she will become capable of caring for himself or herself.Amended by Act 2019, No. 1035,§ 48, eff. 7/24/2019.Acts 1971, No. 433, ch. 5, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-501.