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2025 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 19. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 1905. International application.
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§ 1905. International application.
(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 subchapters I and II of this chapter.
(b) 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 chapter must be recognized and enforced under subchapter III of this chapter.
(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.
73 Del. Laws, c. 426, § 1;
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