{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-3405","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 3405","heading":"","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 this chapter and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 3421).\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this part must be recognized and enforced under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3441).\n(c) A court of this state need not apply this part if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 8. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN [3000. - 3465.]","PART 3. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT [3400. - 3465.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [3400. - 3412.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c9decc7d249992d7a4c0991bf50802e993a8b9b356930aa2f5cf3652c733b440","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-3404","next":"us-ca/fam-3406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}