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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-208

Foreign countries — Human rights

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In re S.L.M. (2006)

Most recently applied in In Re SLM (July 2006)

Acts 1999, ch. 389, § 9.

(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 this part.

(2) 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 part must be recognized and enforced under this part.

(3) A court of this state need not apply this part if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.

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