As used in the Kinship Guardianship Act:

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A. “caregiver” means an adult, who is not a parent of a child, with whom a child resides and who provides that child with the care, maintenance and supervision consistent with the duties and responsibilities of a parent of the child;

B. “child” means an individual who is a minor;

C. “department” means the children, youth and families department;

D. “guardian” means a person appointed as a guardian by a court or Indian tribal authority;

E. “Indian” means, whether an adult or child, a person who is: (1)     a member of an Indian tribe; or

(2)     eligible for membership in an Indian tribe;

F. “Indian child” means an Indian person, or a person whom there is reason to know is an Indian person, under eighteen years of age, who is neither:

(1)     married; or

(2)     emancipated;

G. “Indian child’s tribe” means:

(1)     the Indian tribe in which an Indian child is a member or eligible for membership; or

(2)     in the case of an Indian child who is a member or eligible for membership in more than one tribe, the Indian tribe with which the Indian child has more significant contacts;

H. “Indian custodian” means an Indian who, pursuant to tribal law or custom or pursuant to state law:

(1)     is an adult with legal custody of an Indian child; or

(2)     has been transferred temporary physical care, custody and control by the parent of the Indian child;

I. “Indian tribe” means an Indian nation, tribe, pueblo or other band, organized group or community of Indians recognized as eligible for the services provided to Indians by the secretary of the interior because of their status as Indians, including an Alaska native village as defined in 43 U.S.C. § 1602(c) or a regional corporation as defined in 43 U.S.C. § 1606. For the purposes of notification to and communication with a tribe as required in the Indian Family Protection Act N.M. Stat. Ann. § 32A-28-1 to 32A-28-42, “Indian tribe” also includes those tribal officials and staff who are responsible for child welfare and social services matters;

J. “kinship” means the relationship that exists between a child and a relative of the child, a godparent, a member of the child’s tribe or clan or an adult with whom the child has a significant bond;

K. “parent” means a biological or adoptive parent of a child whose parental rights have not been terminated and includes an individual identified as a parent under the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act N.M. Stat. Ann. § 40-11A-101 to 40-11A-903; and

L. “relative” means an individual related to a child as a spouse, parent, stepparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, first cousin or any person denoted by the prefix “grand” or “great”, or the spouse or former spouse of the persons specified.