Section 5-104 - Child custody proceedings involving foreign countries. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9.5-104. Child custody proceedings involving foreign countries.
 

(a)  Foreign country treated as state.- 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 Subtitles 1 and 2 of this title. 

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

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

[2004, ch. 502, § 2.]