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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-19-105

Internal application of chapter

Known as the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 9-19-101 to 9-19-402 (41 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Greenhough v. Goforth (2003)

Most recently applied in 2023 Ark. App. 304 - Estefanya Garcia Huerta v. Marco Polo Davila Delgado (May 2023)

Acts 1999, No. 668, § 105.

(1) 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 subchapters 1 and 2 of this chapter.

(2) 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 3 of this chapter.

(3) 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.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.