Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
- (1) "Adult" means an individual other than the minor who has attained the age of twenty-one years and is older than the minor.
- (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 account of others.
- (4) "Guardian" 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. Conservator means guardian for transfers made under another state's law but enforceable in this state's courts.
- (5) "Court" means a superior court of the state of Washington.
- (6) "Custodial property" means (a) any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this chapter and (b) the income from and proceeds of that interest in property.
- (7) "Custodian" means a person so designated under RCW 11.114.090 or a successor or substitute custodian designated under RCW 11.114.180.
- (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 guardian.
- (10) "Member of the minor's family" means the minor's parent, stepparent, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.
- (11) "Minor" means an individual who has not attained the age of twenty-five years.
- (12) "Person" means an individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity.
- (13) "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.
- (14) "Transfer" means a transaction that creates custodial property under RCW 11.114.090.
- (15) "Transferor" means a person who makes a transfer under this chapter.
- (16) "Trust company" means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers.
[ 2008 c 6 s 934; 2006 c 204 s 1; 1991 c 193 s 1.]
Notes:
Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Effective date—2006 c 204: See note following RCW 11.114.090.