Definitions
Known as the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
The act spans §§ 50–50 (39 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 201 N.C. App. 532 - Rinna v. Steven B. (2009)
Most recently applied in 201 N.C. App. 532 - Rinna v. Steven B. (December 2009)
1999-223, s. 3.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In this Part:
(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.
(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.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.