2013 Code of Alabama
Title 30 - MARITAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS.
Chapter 3B - UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT.
Section 30-3B-105 - International application of chapter.


AL Code § 30-3B-105 (2013) What's This?
Section 30-3B-105International 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.)

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