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2018 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation
Part 2 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
§ 36-6-208. Foreign countries -- Human rights.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 36-6-208 (2018)
(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 part.
(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 part must be recognized and enforced under this part.
(c) A court of this state need not apply this part if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.
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