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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-93 > 27 > 93-27-105§ 93-27-105. International application.
(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 Articles 1 and 2.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter must be recognized and enforced under Article 3.
(3) A court of this state need not apply this chapter if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.
Sources: Laws, 2004, ch. 519, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 2004.
