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722.1301 “Petitioner” and “respondent” defined.

Sec. 301.

As used in this article:

(a) “Petitioner” means a person who seeks enforcement of a child-custody determination or enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction.

(b) “Respondent” means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of a child-custody determination or enforcement of an order for the return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002