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O.C.G.A. § 19-9-44

Child custody determinations of foreign country

Code 1981, § 19-9-44, enacted by Ga

(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.

(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.

(c) Acourt of this state need not apply this article if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human

rights.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.