Definitions

In this article 5.5: (1) "Child" means an unemancipated individual under eighteen years of age. (2) "Child placement agency" has the meaning set forth in section 26-6-903. (3) "County department" has the meaning set forth in section 19-1-103. (4) "Custody" means the exercise of physical care and supervision of a child. (5) "Intercountry adoption" means an adoption or placement for adoption of a child who resides in a foreign country at the time of adoption or placement. The term includes an adoption finalized in the child's country of residence or in a state. (6) "Parent" has the meaning set forth in section 19-1-103. (7) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity. (8) "Record" means information that is: (a) Inscribed on a tangible medium; or (b) Stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form. (9) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any other territory or possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes a federally recognized Indian tribe. (10) "State department" means the state department of human services created in section 24-1-120.