{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-6-208","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-208","heading":"Foreign countries - Human rights","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 part.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (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 this part.\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":["TN Code","Title 36","Chapter 6"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"589ec08a5e74d73db01b9e3aa1fdef4e77fad6a4439140a6453eba4f79a5548d","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-6-207","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-6-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}