Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 1735 (2025)
1. Foreign country treated as a state 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 subchapter and subchapter II.
[PL 1999, c. 486, §3 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 486, §6 (AFF).]
2. Recognition and enforcement of foreign determination Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, 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 subchapter III.
[PL 1999, c. 486, §3 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 486, §6 (AFF).]
3. Application not required 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.
[PL 1999, c. 486, §3 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 486, §6 (AFF).]
PL 1999, c. 486, §3 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 486, §6 (AFF).