§ 1041 - Recognition of out-of-state custody decrees - Vermont Statutes

§ 1041. Recognition of out-of-state custody decrees

The courts of this state shall recognize and enforce an initial or modification decree of a court of another state which had assumed jurisdiction under statutory provisions substantially in accordance with this chapter or which was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of the chapter so long as this decree has not been modified in accordance with jurisdictional standards substantially similar to those of this chapter. (Added 1979, No. 136 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)