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urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:1823
citation: "R.S. 13:1823"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 13 › Chapter 6 › Part IV › Subpart C"
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  - { year: 2006, number: 822, section: 1, effective_date: 2007-08-15, role: enactment }
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# Definitions

A. "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.

B. "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.