{"law_id":"777744","section_number":"20-146.4","catch_line":"International application","history":"1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-146; 2001, c. 305.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Prizzia v. Prizzia","case_number":"1343102","citation":"707 S.E.2d 461","date":"2011-04-12","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1061958\/prizzia-v-prizzia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f.  seq.) of this chapter.\" Code \u00a7 20-146.4(A). .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Court of Appeals\">COA<\/abbr>"}},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/20-146.4\/","refers_to":[{"id":"779015","section_number":"20-146.12","catch_line":"Initial child custody jurisdiction","url":"\/20-146.12\/"},{"id":"765063","section_number":"20-146.22","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/20-146.22\/"}],"url":"\/20-146.4\/","token":"20\/7.1\/1\/20-146.4","structure":{"1":{"id":"451","name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","url":"\/20\/7.1\/1\/"},"2":{"id":"131","name":"Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act","identifier":"7.1","label":"chapter","url":"\/20\/7.1\/"},"3":{"id":"130","name":"Domestic Relations","identifier":"20","label":"title","url":"\/20\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"777744","structure_id":"451","full_text":"A A court of this Commonwealth shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for purposes of applying this article and Article 2 (\u00a7 20-146.12 et seq.) of this chapter.\r\rB 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 (\u00a7 20-146.22 et seq.) of this chapter.\r\rC A court of this Commonwealth need not apply this act if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.\r\r","text":{"0":{"id":"2507941","text":"A court of this Commonwealth shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for purposes of applying this article and Article 2 (\u00a7 20-146.12 et seq.) of this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1},"1":{"id":"2507942","text":"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 (\u00a7 20-146.22 et seq.) of this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1},"2":{"id":"2507943","text":"A court of this Commonwealth need not apply this act if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"451","name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","url":"\/20\/7.1\/1\/"},"2":{"id":"131","name":"Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act","identifier":"7.1","label":"chapter","url":"\/20\/7.1\/"},"3":{"id":"130","name":"Domestic Relations","identifier":"20","label":"title","url":"\/20\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"765264","structure_id":"451","section_number":"20-146.1","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/20-146.1\/","token":"20\/7.1\/1\/20-146.1"},"1":{"id":"778951","structure_id":"451","section_number":"20-146.10","catch_line":"Taking testimony in another state","url":"\/20-146.10\/","token":"20\/7.1\/1\/20-146.10"},"2":{"id":"780620","structure_id":"451","section_number":"20-146.11","catch_line":"Cooperation between courts; 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A court of this Commonwealth shall treat a foreign country as if it were a\nstate of the United States for purposes of applying this article and Article 2\n(\u00a7 20-146.12 et seq.) of this chapter.\n\nB. Except as otherwise provided in subsection C, a child custody determination\nmade in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity\nwith the jurisdictional standards of this act must be recognized and enforced\nunder Article 3 (\u00a7 20-146.22 et seq.) of this chapter.\n\nC. A court of this Commonwealth need not apply this act if the child custody law\nof a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-146; 2001, c. 305."}