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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="18-101" title_number="18" title_name="Supported Decision Making" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Supported decision making” means a process by which an adult, with or without having entered a supported decision–making agreement, utilizes support from a series of relationships in order to make, communicate, or effectuate the adult’s own life decisions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Supported decision–making agreement” means an arrangement between an adult and a supporter or supporters that describes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>How the adult uses supported decision making to make decisions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The rights of the adult; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The responsibilities of the supporter or supporters.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Supporter” means an individual selected by an adult to provide support in making, communicating, or effectuating the adult’s own life decisions.</text>
  </level>
</section>
