South Carolina § 63-15-605 - Treatment of foreign country.
Full text of South Carolina South Carolina Code of Laws § 63-15-605 — Treatment of foreign country., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 63-15-605. Treatment of foreign country.
A court of this State shall treat a foreign country as it if were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying this article if its child-custody determination was made under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this article and if the child custody laws of that foreign country do not violate fundamental principles of human rights.
HISTORY: 2024 Act No. 195 (H.3220), SECTION 3, eff May 21, 2024.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 63-15-605 ("Treatment of foreign country.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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