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[CITE: 42USC11602]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 121--INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION REMEDIES
 
Sec. 11602. Definitions

    For the purposes of this chapter--
        (1) the term ``applicant'' means any person who, pursuant to the 
    Convention, files an application with the United States Central 
    Authority or a Central Authority of any other party to the 
    Convention for the return of a child alleged to have been wrongfully 
    removed or retained or for arrangements for organizing or securing 
    the effective exercise of rights of access pursuant to the 
    Convention;
        (2) the term ``Convention'' means the Convention on the Civil 
    Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on 
    October 25, 1980;
        (3) the term ``Parent Locator Service'' means the service 
    established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
    section 653 of this title;
        (4) the term ``petitioner'' means any person who, in accordance 
    with this chapter, files a petition in court seeking relief under 
    the Convention;
        (5) the term ``person'' includes any individual, institution, or 
    other legal entity or body;
        (6) the term ``respondent'' means any person against whose 
    interests a petition is filed in court, in accordance with this 
    chapter, which seeks relief under the Convention;
        (7) the term ``rights of access'' means visitation rights;
        (8) the term ``State'' means any of the several States, the 
    District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession 
    of the United States; and
        (9) the term ``United States Central Authority'' means the 
    agency of the Federal Government designated by the President under 
    section 11606(a) of this title.

(Pub. L. 100-300, Sec. 3, Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 437.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 663 of this title.
