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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="9.7-101" title_number="9.7" title_name="Maryland Child Abduction Prevention Act" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Abduction” means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Child” means an individual under the age of 18 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Child custody determination” has the meaning stated in § 9.5–101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Child custody proceeding” has the meaning stated in § 9.5–101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Court” has the meaning stated in § 9.5–101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Petition” includes a motion or its equivalent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“State” includes a federally recognized Native American nation or tribe.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Travel document” means a record relating to a travel itinerary, including a travel ticket or pass or a reservation for transportation or accommodations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Travel document” does not include a passport or visa.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Wrongful removal” means a taking of a child that breaches rights of custody or visitation provided or recognized under the laws of the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Wrongful retention” means a keeping or concealing of a child that breaches rights of custody or visitation provided or recognized under the laws of the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
