1. (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a court of this State may treat a foreign country as if the country were a state for the purpose of applying Subtitles 1, 2, 3, and 5 of this title.

2. (b) Unless a court of this State finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a foreign country applies and follows substantive and procedural due process consistent with the practices and policies of the State of Maryland, the court:

   1. (1) May not request a court in the foreign country to issue an order or hold a hearing;
   2. (2) May not decline to exercise jurisdiction if, by declining jurisdiction in this State, a court in the foreign country may obtain jurisdiction;
   3. (3) May not dismiss or stay a proceeding in this State requested or ordered by a court in the foreign country;
   4. (4) May not determine that a court in the foreign country is an appropriate forum;
   5. (5) May decline to comply with notice requirements of the foreign country or this title;
   6. (6) May proceed with the case if this State is otherwise an appropriate forum;
   7. (7) May not issue an order or provisional order to transfer a guardianship or conservatorship to the foreign country; and
   8. (8) May not recognize under any provision of law a guardianship or conservatorship order from the foreign country.

Added by Acts 2010, c. 256, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 257, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.