Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-13-309

  • Child: means an individual under 18 years of age and not married. See Utah Code 78B-13-102
  • Person: includes government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 78B-13-102
  • Physical custody: means the physical care and supervision of a child. See Utah Code 78B-13-102
  • 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 the child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. See Utah Code 78B-13-301
  • 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. See Utah Code 78B-13-102
     Except as otherwise provided in Section 78B-13-311, the petition and order shall be served, by any method authorized by the law of this state, upon respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session