2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 15 Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 15-14.1 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
§ 15-14.1-23 Additional definitions in this chapter.


§ 15-14.1-23 Additional definitions in this chapter. – (1) "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination.

(2) "Respondent" means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2003, ch. 307, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 322, § 2.)

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