§ 27-20.6-01 — Definitions

North Dakota § 27-20.6-01

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 27: Judicial Branch of Government
• Ch. 27-20.6: Re-establishment of Parental Rights and Responsibilities

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As used in this chapter:
1. "Child" means an individual under the age of eighteen.
2. "Custodian" means a person, other than a genetic parent or legal guardian, which
stands in loco parentis to the child and to which legal custody of the child has been
given by the court.
3. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
4. "Division of juvenile services" means the division within the department of corrections
and rehabilitation established in chapter 27-21.
5. "Genetic parent" means the biological mother or adjudicated mother of the child, or the
presumed father or adjudicated father of the child under chapter 14-20.
6. "Human service zone" means a county or consolidated group of counties
administering human services within a designated area in accordance with an
agreement or plan approved by the department.
7. "Parental rights and responsibilities" means all rights and responsibilities a genetic
parent has concerning the parent's child.
8. "Re-establishment of the legal parent and child relationship" means the physical
reunification of a child under the custody of the human service zone or division of
juvenile services, and a previously terminated genetic parent, and restoration of all
rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties, and obligations that were severed and
terminated by the court under section 27-20.3-20.