{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-26.27.051","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 26.27.051","heading":"International application of chapter.","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 Articles 1 and 2.\n(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) or (4) 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 Article 3.\n(3) 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.\n(4) A court of this state need not apply this chapter if the law of a foreign country holds that apostasy, or a sincerely held religious belief or practice, or homosexuality are punishable by death, and a parent or child may be at demonstrable risk of being subject to such laws. For the purposes of this subsection, \"apostasy\" means the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.","path":["Title 26","Chapter 26.27"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=26.27.051","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:41:38Z","sha256":"6138a81f4c0ede4b3b05235d86fc04053f6d3ca42c418d799672873067be7e9a","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-26.27.041","next":"us-wa/rcw-26.27.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}