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S.C. Code Ann. § 63-15-308

Recognition of foreign country custody

Known as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 63-15-300 to 63-15-394 (42 sections).

2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2.

(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 Subarticles 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 article must be recognized and enforced under Subarticle 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.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.