NH Rev Stat § 458-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIII - Domestic Relations|Title 458-A - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act|Section 458-A:1 - Definitions.

    458-A:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision.||II. "Child" means an individual who has not attained 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. The term includes a permanent, temporary, initial, and modification order. The term does not include an order relating to child support or other monetary obligation of an individual.||IV. "Child-custody proceeding" means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child is an issue. The term includes a proceeding for divorce, separation, dissolution of civil union as defined by RSA 457-A, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, determination of parental rights and responsibilities, termination of parental rights, and protection from domestic violence, in which the issue may appear. The term does not include a proceeding involving juvenile delinquency, children in need of services as defined by RSA 169-D, or contractual emancipation or enforcement under RSA 458-A:22 through RSA 458-A:38.||V. "Commencement" means the filing of the first pleading in a proceeding.||VI. "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce, or modify a child-custody determination.||VII. "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child-custody proceeding. In the case of a child less than 6 months of age, the term means the state in which the child lived from birth with any of the persons mentioned. A period of temporary absence of any of the mentioned persons is part of the period.||VIII. "Initial determination" means the first child-custody determination concerning a particular child.||IX. "Issuing court" means the court that makes a child-custody determination for which enforcement is sought under this chapter.||X. "Issuing state" means the state in which a child-custody determination is made.||XI. "Modification" means a child-custody determination that changes, replaces, supersedes, or is otherwise made after a previous determination concerning the same child, whether or not it is made by the court that made the previous determination.||XII. "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity.||XIII. "Person acting as a parent" means a person, other than a parent, who:||(a) Has physical custody of the child or has had physical custody for a period of 6 consecutive months, including any temporary absence, within one year immediately before the commencement of a child-custody proceeding; and||(b) Has been awarded legal custody by a court or claims a right to legal custody under the law of this state.||XIV. "Physical custody" means the physical care and supervision of a child.||XV. "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.||XVI. "Tribe" means an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan Native village, which is recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state.||XVII. "Warrant" means an order issued by a court authorizing law enforcement officers to take physical custody of a child.|||Source. 2009, 191:1, eff. Dec. 1, 2010.|