jqUI dialog instance method
http://api.jqueryui.com/dialog/#method-instance
HTML
<div id="myDialog"></div>
JavaScript
console.clear();
if( $( "#myDialog" ).dialog( "instance" ) == undefined ) alert ("undefined");
<div id="myDialog"></div>
console.clear();
if( $( "#myDialog" ).dialog( "instance" ) == undefined ) alert ("undefined");