Section 40-10A-301 - Definitions.

NM Stat § 40-10A-301 (2019) (N/A)
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As used in Article 3 of the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act:

(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; and

(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: Laws 2001, ch. 114, § 301.