DRL § 75-D

International application of article

§ 75-d. International application of article. 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 this title and title two of this article.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this section, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this article must be recognized and enforced under title three of this article.

3. A court of this state need not apply this article if the child custody law of a foreign country as written or as applied violates fundamental principles of human rights.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/DOM/75-D

In plain English

(1) NY treats a foreign country like a state for Titles 1 and 2. ★
(2) A foreign custody order made under conforming jurisdictional standards must be recognized/enforced (Title 3).
(3) Exception: NY need not apply the article if the foreign country's custody law violates fundamental principles of human rights. ★

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.