§ 40-10C-2. Definitions

As used in the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act: A. “ abduction ” means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child; B. “ child ” means an unemancipated individual who is less than eighteen years of age; C. “ 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 child. “ Child-custody determination ” includes a permanent, temporary, initial or modification order; D. “ child-custody proceeding ” means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child is at issue. “ 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; E. “ court ” means an entity authorized pursuant to the law of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child-custody determination; F. “ petition ” includes a motion or its equivalent; G. “ record ” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; H. “ 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. “ State ” includes a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo; I. “ travel document ” means records relating to a travel itinerary, including travel tickets, passes, reservations for transportation or accommodations. “Travel document” does not include a passport or visa; J. “ wrongful removal ” means the taking of a child, which taking breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized pursuant to the law of this state; and K. “ wrongful retention ” means the keeping or concealing of a child, which keeping or concealing breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized pursuant to the law of this state.