§ 26-5B-105 International application of chapter.

SD Codified L § 26-5B-105 (2019) (N/A)
Copy with citation
Copy as parenthetical citation

26-5B-105. International application of chapter. (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 Articles 1 and 2.

(b) 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 chapter must be recognized and enforced under Article 3.

(c) 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: SL 2005, ch 137, § 5.