Section 30-3B-105 International application of chapter. - Alabama Statutes

Section 30-3B-105

International application of chapter.

(a) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying this article and Article 2.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter must be recognized and enforced under Article 3.

(c) A court of this state need not apply this chapter if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.

(Act 99-438, p. 866, §1.)