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2011 Utah Code
Title 78B Judicial Code
Chapter 13 Utah Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement
Section 105 International application of chapter.

78B-13-105. International application of chapter.
(1) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as a state of the United States for purposes of applying Part 1, General Provisions, and Part 2, Jurisdiction.
(2) A child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter shall be recognized and enforced under Part 3, Enforcement.
(3) The court need not apply the provisions of this chapter when the child custody law of the other country violates fundamental principles of human rights.

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