Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 403A - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Adult: means an individual who has attained eighteen (18) years of age or an emancipated minor. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Caretaking authority: means the right to live with and care for a child on a day-to- day basis. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Child: means :
  (a) An unemancipated individual who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Court: means a tribunal authorized under law of this state other than this chapter to make, enforce, or modify a decision regarding custodial responsibility. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Custodial responsibility: includes all powers and duties relating to caretaking authority and decision-making authority for a child. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Deploying parent: means a service member who is deployed or has been notified of impending deployment and is:
  (a) A parent of a child under law of this state other than this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Deployment: means the movement or mobilization of a service member for more than ninety (90) days but less than eighteen (18) months pursuant to uniformed service orders that:
  (a) Are designated as unaccompanied. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Family member: means a sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, stepparent, or grandparent of a child or an individual recognized to be in a familial relationship with a child under law of this state other than this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• 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.
• Limited contact: means the authority of a nonparent to visit a child for a limited time. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Nonparent: means an individual other than a deploying parent or other parent. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Other parent: means an individual who, in common with a deploying parent, is:
  (a) A parent of a child under law of this state other than this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Return from deployment: means the conclusion of a service member's deployment as specified in uniformed service orders. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Service member: means a member of a uniformed service. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Uniformed service: means :
  (a) Active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 403A.102