4.__Payment of travel and other expenses.__If a party to a child custody proceeding who is outside this State is directed to appear under subsection 2 or desires to appear personally before the court with or without the child, the court may require another party to pay reasonable and necessary travel and other expenses of the party so appearing and of the child.

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No major changes have been made to this section which was Section 11 of the UCCJA. Language was added to subsection (a) [Me. cite subsection 1] to authorize the court to require a non- party who has physical custody of the child to produce the child.

Subsection (c) [Me. cite subsection 3] authorizes the court to enter orders providing for the safety of the child and the person ordered to appear with the child. If safety is a major concern, the court, as an alternative to ordering a party to appear with the child, could order and arrange for the party's testimony to be taken in another State under Section 111 [Me. cite section 1741]. This alternative might be important when there are safety concerns regarding requiring victims of domestic violence or child abuse to travel to the jurisdiction where the abuser resides.

SUBCHAPTER III

ENFORCEMENT

§1761.__Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Petitioner.__"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.

2.__Respondent.__"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.

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