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urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:1805
citation: "R.S. 13:1805"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 13 › Chapter 6 › Part IV › Subpart A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2006, number: 822, section: 1, effective_date: 2007-08-15, role: enactment }
---

# International application

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.

B. 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.

C. 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.