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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66999</law_id><section_number>64.2-900</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-105</reference><reference>64.2-1638</reference><reference>64.2-601</reference><reference>64.2-778</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Trusts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Uniform Custodial Trust Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Adult</span>&#x201D; means an individual who is at least 18 years of age.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Beneficiary</span>&#x201D; means an individual for whom property has been transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a <span class="dictionary">custodial trustee</span> for the individual&#x2019;s use and benefit under this chapter.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Conservator</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> appointed or qualified by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> to manage the estate of an individual or a <span class="dictionary">person</span> legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Court</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Custodial trust property</span>&#x201D; means an interest in property transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a <span class="dictionary">custodial trustee</span> under this chapter and the income from and proceeds of that interest.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Custodial trustee</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> designated as trustee of a custodial trust under this chapter or a substitute or successor to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> designated.
		&#x201C;Guardian&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> appointed or qualified by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> as a guardian of a <span class="dictionary">person</span>, including a limited guardian, but not a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is only a <span class="dictionary">guardian ad litem</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Incapacitated</span>&#x201D; 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.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Legal representative</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> or <span class="dictionary">conservator</span>.
		&#x201C;Member of the <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span>&#x2019;s family&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span>&#x2019;s spouse, descendant, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, or any other legal or commercial entity.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Personal representative</span>&#x201D; means an executor, administrator, or special administrator of a decedent&#x2019;s estate, a <span class="dictionary">person</span> legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions, or a successor to any of them.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">State</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">state</span>, territory, or <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Transferor</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who creates a custodial trust by transfer or declaration.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Trust company</span>&#x201D; means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity authorized to exercise general trust powers.</p></section></text><history>1990, c. 264, &#xA7; 55-34.1; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
