{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-598b.301","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 598B.301","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:\n1. “Petitioner” means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction or enforcement of a child-custody determination.\n2. “Respondent” means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction or enforcement of a child-custody determination.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 598B - UNIFORM CHILD-CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT","Article III - ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/598B.301.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:15Z","sha256":"b8db26908d92cf68804f827a35373a35fe30a5506c00795c5a2a65d6394787ce","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-598b.210","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-598b.302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}