North Dakota Century Code Title 14. Domestic Relations and Persons § 14-14.2-01. Definitions

1. “Abduction” means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child.

2. “Child” means an unemancipated individual who is seventeen years of age or younger.

3. “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. The term includes a permanent, temporary, initial, and modification order.

4. “Child-custody proceeding” means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child is at issue. The term includes a proceeding for divorce, dissolution of marriage, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights, or protection from domestic violence.

5. “Court” means the district court.

6. “Petition” includes a motion or its equivalent.

7. “Record” means information inscribed on a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

8. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes a federally recognized Indian tribe or nation.

9. “Travel document” means a record relating to a travel itinerary, including a travel ticket, pass, or reservation for transportation or accommodations. The term does not include a passport or visa.

10. “Wrongful removal” means the taking of a child which breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized under the law of this state.

11. “Wrongful retention” means the keeping or concealing of a child which breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized under the law of this state.