(a) As used in this act: (i) "Abduction" means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child; (ii) "Child" means an unemancipated person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age; (iii) "Child custody determination" means a judgment, decree or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child, including a permanent, temporary, initial or modification order; (iv) "Child custody proceeding" means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody or visitation with respect to a child is at issue, including a proceeding for divorce, dissolution of marriage, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights or protection from domestic violence; (v) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce or modify a child custody determination; (vi) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; (vii) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or a federally recognized Indian tribe or nation; (viii) "Travel document" means a record relating to a travel itinerary, including travel tickets, passes and reservations for transportation or accommodations. "Travel document" does not include a passport or visa; (ix) "Wrongful removal" means the taking of a child that breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized under the law of this state; (x) "Wrongful retention" means the keeping or concealing of a child that breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized under the law of this state; (xi) "This act" means W.S. 20-8-101 through 20-8-112.
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