New York Laws
Title 1 - General Provisions
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.

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