(1) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as a state of the United States for the purposes 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 act must be recognized and enforced under article 3.

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.1105

  • Child-custody determination: means a judgment, decree, or other court order providing for legal custody, physical custody, or parenting time with respect to a child. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
  • Court: means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce, or modify a child-custody determination. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 722.1102
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
    (3) 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.