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(A) who owes or is alleged <strong>to</strong> owe a duty of support;<br />

(B) who is alleged but has not been adjudicated <strong>to</strong> be a parent of a child; or<br />

(C) who is liable under a support order; or<br />

(D) is a deb<strong>to</strong>r in a proceeding under [Article] 7.<br />

(18) “Outside this state” means a location in ano<strong>the</strong>r state or a country o<strong>the</strong>r than <strong>the</strong><br />

United States, whe<strong>the</strong>r or not <strong>the</strong> country is a foreign country.<br />

(14) (19)“Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,<br />

partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation,<br />

government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation or any<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r legal or commercial entity.<br />

(15) (20) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is<br />

s<strong>to</strong>red in an electronic or o<strong>the</strong>r medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.<br />

(16) (21) “Register” means <strong>to</strong> [record; file] in a tribunal of this state a support order or<br />

judgment determining parentage of a child issued in ano<strong>the</strong>r state or a foreign country in <strong>the</strong><br />

[appropriate location for <strong>the</strong> recording or filing of foreign judgments generally or foreign support<br />

orders specifically].<br />

(17) (22) “Registering tribunal” means a tribunal in which a support order or judgment<br />

determining parentage of a child is registered.<br />

(18) (23) “Responding State state” means a State state in which a proceeding [petition] or<br />

comparable pleading for support or <strong>to</strong> determine parentage of a child is filed or <strong>to</strong> which a<br />

proceeding [petition] or comparable pleading is forwarded for filing from an initiating ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

State state or a foreign country under this [<strong>Act</strong>] or a law or procedure substantially similar <strong>to</strong> this<br />

[<strong>Act</strong>].<br />

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