(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.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 30-3B-105

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(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.
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