§ 40-10D-2. Definitions

As used in the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act: A. “ adult ” means an individual who has attained eighteen years of age or is an emancipated minor; B. “ caretaking authority ” means the right to live with and care for a child on a day-to-day basis. “ Caretaking authority ” includes physical custody, parenting time, right to access and visitation; C. “ child ” means: (1) an unemancipated individual who has not attained eighteen years of age; or (2) an adult son or daughter by birth or adoption, or under law of this state other than the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, who is the subject of a court order concerning custodial responsibility; D. “ court ” means a tribunal, including an administrative agency, authorized under law of this state other than the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act, to make, enforce or modify a decision regarding custodial responsibility; E. “ custodial responsibility ” includes all powers and duties relating to caretaking authority and decision-making authority for a child. “ Custodial responsibility ” includes physical custody, legal custody, parenting time, right to access, visitation and authority to grant limited contact with a child; F. “ decision-making authority ” means the power to make important decisions regarding a child, including decisions regarding the child's education, religious training, health care, extracurricular activities and travel. “ Decision-making authority ” does not include the power to make decisions that necessarily accompany a grant of caretaking authority; G. “ deploying parent ” means a service member who is deployed or has been notified of impending deployment and is: (1) a parent of a child under law of this state other than the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; or (2) an individual who has custodial responsibility for a child under law of this state other than the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; H. “ deployment ” means the movement or mobilization of a service member for more than ninety days but less than eighteen months pursuant to uniformed service orders that: (1) are designated as unaccompanied; (2) do not authorize dependent travel; or (3) otherwise do not permit the movement of family members to the location to which the service member is deployed; I. “ family member ” means a sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, stepparent or grandparent of a child or an individual recognized to be in a familial relationship with a child under law of this state other than the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; J. “ limited contact ” means the authority of a nonparent to visit a child for a limited time. “ Limited contact ” includes authority to take the child to a place other than the residence of the child; K. “ nonparent ” means an individual other than a deploying parent or other parent; L. “ other parent ” means an individual who, in common with a deploying parent, is: (1) a parent of a child under law of this state other than the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; or (2) an individual who has custodial responsibility for a child under law of this state other than the Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; M. “ 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; N. “ return from deployment ” means the conclusion of a service member's deployment as specified in uniformed service orders; O. “ service member ” means a member of a uniformed service; P. “ sign ” means with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record to: (1) execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; N. “ return from deployment ” means the conclusion of a service member's deployment as specified in uniformed service orders; O. “ service member ” means a member of a uniformed service; P. “ sign ” means with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record to: (1) execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or (2) attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound or process; Q. “ 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; and R. “ uniformed service ” means: (1) active and reserve components of the army, navy, air force, marine corps or coast guard of the United States; (2) the United States merchant marine; (3) the commissioned corps of the United States public health service; (4) the commissioned corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration of the United States; or (5) the national guard of a state.