As used in this chapter:
- (1) "Abduction" means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a minor child.
(2)
- (a) "Child custody determination" means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a minor child.
- (b) "Child custody determination" includes a permanent, temporary, initial, and modification order.
(3)
- (a) "Child custody proceeding" means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, visitation, or parent-time with respect to a minor child is at issue.
- (b) "Child custody proceeding" includes a proceeding for divorce, dissolution of marriage, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights, or protection from domestic violence.
- (4) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce, or modify a child custody determination.
- (5) "Petition" includes a motion or the motion's equivalent.
- (6) "Record" means information inscribed on a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(7)
- (a) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
- (b) "State" includes a federally recognized Indian tribe or nation.
(8)
- (a) "Travel document" means records relating to a travel itinerary, including travel tickets, passes, reservations for transportation, or accommodations.
- (b) "Travel document" does not include a passport or visa.
- (9) "Wrongful removal" means the taking of a minor child that breaches rights of custody, visitation, or parent-time given or recognized under the law of this state.
- (10) "Wrongful retention" means the keeping or concealing of a minor child that breaches rights of custody, visitation, or parent-time given or recognized under the law of this state.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session