{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-19-105","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-19-105","heading":"Internal application of chapter","body":"(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 subchapters 1 and 2 of this chapter.\n\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, 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 3 of this chapter.\n\n(c) 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.","path":["AR Code","Title 9","Chapter 19","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"6166d3967099f09cdbb10ab316a26b0c19f91fe04fc1f8e8aefd2af15cc78f26","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-19-104","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-19-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}