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Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 9. CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS · Article 3. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

19-9-44. Child custody determinations of foreign country.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (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 part and Part 2 of this article.#

  2. (b)

    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this article must be recognized and enforced under Part 3 of this article.#

  3. (c)

    A court of this state need not apply this article if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 19-9-44, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 129, § 1.

Law reviews

For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 221 (2004).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, page 1025; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.