Kan. Stat. § 23-37,105

Current through 2024 Session Acts Chapter 111
Section 23-37,105 - International application of act

(UCCJEA 105).

(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 K.S.A. 23-37,101 through 23-37,210, and amendments thereto.
(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 act must be recognized and enforced under K.S.A. 23-37,301 through 23-37,317, and amendments thereto.
(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.

K.S.A. 23-37,105

L. 2000, ch. 171, § 35; July 1.