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2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 43. Marriage and Family
§43-551-105. International application of act.

43 OK Stat § 43-551-105 (2016) What's This?

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION OF ACT

A. A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for purposes of applying Articles 1 and 2 of this act.

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 act must be recognized and enforced under Article 3 of this act.

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.

Added by Laws 1998, c. 407, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.

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