RCW 26.27.401
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(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.
[ 2001 c 65 s 301 .]