In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated. Terms Defined. “Assignee” means a person who: Enters into a contract for voluntary assignment of a lottery prize payment; Obtains a court order for voluntary assignment of the lottery prize winner’s lottery prize payment in whole or in part; and Becomes a lottery prize winner. “Assignee affidavit” means a sworn statement of an assignee. “Assignment” means court-ordered payment of a lottery prize to an assignee or subsequent assignee and may include a divorce decree. “Assignment Law” means State Government Article, §9-122(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, and this chapter. “Assignor” means: A lottery prize winner who makes the assignment of a lottery prize payment in whole or in part to an assignee or a subsequent assignee; or An assignee or subsequent assignee who seeks a court order to reassign the same or related lottery prize payment that was previously assigned by court order. “Assignor affidavit” means a sworn statement made under oath before a notary public by: A lottery prize winner who seeks to assign the lottery prize payment; or A person who was an assignee. “Contract of assignment” means the written instrument that is used to execute an assignment of a lottery prize payment. “Court” means the circuit court in the county where the Agency’s headquarters is located. “Lottery prize payment” means a monetary prize that the Agency pays in installments over time that is an annuity. “Lottery prize winner” means a person who wins a lottery prize payment. “Petition" means a document filed in court requesting the assignment of a lottery prize payment.