{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-598b.105","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 598B.105","heading":"International application.","body":"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 article and article II.\n2. 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 article III.\n3. 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":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 598B - UNIFORM CHILD-CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT","Article I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/598B.105.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:15Z","sha256":"8cb628006245e9763795bd6c817e488eea51d1cb34d4f4b06fad2cab619f39c8","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-598b.104","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-598b.106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}