19-A M.R.S. §1735: International application of chapter

1. Foreign country treated as a state. 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 subchapter and subchapter II.

2. Recognition and enforcement of foreign determination. 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 chapter must be recognized and enforced under subchapter III.

3. Application not required. A court of this State need not apply this chapter if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.