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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:13:1805",
  "title_number": "13",
  "section_number": "1805",
  "citation": "R.S. 13:1805",
  "heading": "International application",
  "text": "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 Subparts A and B of this Part.\n\nB. 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 Act shall be recognized and enforced under Subpart C of this Part.\n\nC. A court of this state need not apply this Act if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "13",
      "name": "COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
    },
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      "number": "6",
      "name": "JUVENILE COURTS"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "IV",
      "name": "UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "A",
      "name": "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 13 › Chapter 6 › Part IV › Subpart A",
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      "act_year": 2006,
      "act_number": 822,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2007-08-15",
      "effective_date_raw": "Aug. 15, 2007",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.",
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