§ 20-8-102 — Definitions

Wyoming § 20-8-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 20: Domestic Relations
• Ch. 8: CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Abduction" means the wrongful removal or
wrongful retention of a child;
(ii) "Child" means an unemancipated person who is
less than eighteen (18) years of age;
(iii) "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,
including a permanent, temporary, initial or modification order;
(iv) "Child custody proceeding" means a proceeding in
which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect
to a child is at issue, including a proceeding for divorce,
dissolution of marriage, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency,
guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights or
protection from domestic violence;
(v) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law
of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody
determination;
(vi) "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;
(vii) "State" means a state of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, any territory or insular possession subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States or a federally recognized
Indian tribe or nation;
(viii) "Travel document" means a record relating to a
travel itinerary, including travel tickets, passes and
reservations for transportation or accommodations. "Travel
document" does not include a passport or visa;
(ix) "Wrongful removal" means the taking of a child
that breaches rights of custody or visitation given or
recognized under the law of this state;
(x) "Wrongful retention" means the keeping or
concealing of a child that breaches rights of custody or
visitation given or recognized under the law of this state;
(xi) "This act" means W.S. 20-8-101 through 20-8-112.