458-A:4 International Application of Chapter. – I. 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 RSA 458-A:1 through RSA 458-A:21. II. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph III, 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 RSA 458-A:22 through RSA 458-A:38. III. A court of this state need not apply this chapter if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights. Source. 2009, 191:1, eff. Dec. 1, 2010.
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