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Legal Information: U.S. Virgin Islands
Statutes: Virgin Islands, U.S.
Updated:
November 15, 2023137. Definition
In this subchapter:
(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.
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