California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Family Code - FAM |
Division 8. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN |
Part 3. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT |
Chapter 1. General Provisions |
Section 3405.
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(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 chapter and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 3421).
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (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 Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3441).
(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.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 867, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)