A court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child-custody determination.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-226
Enforcement of international orders under the Hague Convention
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Staats v. McKinnon (2006)
Most recently applied in Staats v. McKinnon (May 2006)
Acts 1999, ch. 389, § 27.
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