Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 450 > Act 392 of 1978 - Validation of Audits

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Child: means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
• Child-custody determination: means a judgment, decree, or other court order providing for legal custody, physical custody, or parenting time with respect to a child. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
• Court: means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce, or modify a child-custody determination. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
• Issuing court: means the court that makes a child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought under this act. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Petitioner: means a person who seeks enforcement of a child-custody determination or enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction. See Michigan Laws 722.1301
• Physical custody: means the physical care and supervision of a child. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
• Respondent: means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of a child-custody determination or enforcement of an order for the return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction. See Michigan Laws 722.1301
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.