{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-5-205","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 20-5-205","heading":"International application.","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 articles 2 and 3 of this act.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this act shall be recognized and enforced under article 4 of this act.\n(c) A court of this state may not apply this act if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.","path":["TITLE 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 5 - CHILD CUSTODY","ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title20.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"b017eb5f0d685c2b87f718ad59772a30b75e8bc89081aeac4483f56272e0cf06","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-5-204","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-20-5-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}