DRL § 77

Definitions

§ 77. Definitions. As used in this title:

1. "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination.

2. "Respondent" means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/DOM/77

In plain English

"Petitioner" = a person seeking enforcement of a Hague Convention return order or a custody determination.
"Respondent" = the person the enforcement proceeding is brought against.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.