Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 24 - Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act

• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Child: means an unemancipated individual under 18 years old. See Utah Code 78B-24-101
• Child-placing agency: means a person with authority under other law of this state to identify or place a child for adoption. See Utah Code 78B-24-101
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Custody: means the exercise of physical care and supervision of a child. See Utah Code 78B-24-101
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: means a person recognized as a guardian under other law of this state. See Utah Code 78B-24-201
• Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Intercountry adoption: includes an adoption finalized in the child's country of residence or in a state. See Utah Code 78B-24-101
• Intermediary: means a person that assists or facilitates a transfer of custody of a child, whether or not for compensation. See Utah Code 78B-24-201
• 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.
• Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Motorcycle: means :

  (a)	a motor vehicle, other than a tractor, having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel with not more than three wheels in contact with the ground; or

  (b)

  an autocycle. See Utah Code 41-6a-102 Parent: means an individual recognized as a parent under other law of this state. See Utah Code 78B-24-101 Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 78B-24-101 Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 prospective adoptive parent: means an individual who has been approved or permitted under other law of this state to adopt a child. See Utah Code 78B-24-301 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 State: includes a federally recognized Indian tribe. See Utah Code 78B-24-101 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102