598B.301  Definitions.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

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.

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  99 Acts, ch 103, §23


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