For purposes of sections 30-401 to 30-406 : (1) Agent of the ward includes any person appointed as an agent under a power of attorney executed by or on behalf of a ward or which purports to have been executed by or on behalf of a ward; (2) Conservator or guardian includes a special fiduciary appointed by a court to investigate the actions of an agent of the ward, the conservator, or the guardian; (3) Personal representative includes a special administrator; and (4) Ward means an incapacitated person or a protected person as defined in section 30-2601 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-401
Terms, defined
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In re Estate of Adelung (2020)
Most recently applied in In re Estate of Weeder (January 2025)
Laws 2015, LB43, § 3.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.