2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 38. - MINORS
Article 13. - CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION
38-1340 International application of act.
38-1340. International application of act. (UCCJEA 105). (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 K.S.A. 38-1336 through 38-1357 and amendments thereto.
(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 act must be recognized and enforced under K.S.A. 38-1358 through 38-1374 and amendments thereto.
(c) A court of this state need not apply this act if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.
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