{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-458-a-4","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 458-A:4","heading":"International Application of Chapter.","body":"I. 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 RSA 458-A:1 through RSA 458-A:21.\nII. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph III, 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 RSA 458-A:22 through RSA 458-A:38.\nIII. 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 XLIII: DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 458-A: UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIII/458-A/458-A-4.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:26:31Z","sha256":"23fea4ad015e02c31e3ea11043f0b1c38eeb88470a96fa89e636a8446a047624","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-458-a-3","next":"us-nh/rsa-458-a-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}