04. International application of chapter. (a) A court of the District shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying subchapters I and II of this chapter. (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 chapter must be recognized and enforced under subchapter III of this chapter. (c) A court of the District need not apply this chapter if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights. (Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-293, § 2(d), 48 DCR 2214.) Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 105 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (1997 Act).
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