Foreign Countries — Human Rights

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Domestic Relations
4. Child Custody and Visitation
5. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
6. Foreign Countries — Human Rights

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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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