(750 ILCS 36/105)
Sec. 105. International Application Of Act.
(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 Articles 1 and 2.
(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 Article 3.
(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.
(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
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