Foreign Order - Divorce Encyclopedia

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Term Definition Foreign Order - a court order issued by another county, state, or nation, outside of the jurisdiction in which the custodial parent resides.

Application in Divorce Foreign orders come from what are called foreign jurisdictions, which means another county, a sister state in the United States or a foreign country than the one where the custodial parent resides.

The term foreign children removed to these places and their custody.

Generally, court orders issued by county courts are respected within the state. Court orders applying to persons in another state become more complicated, but generally some relief is possible.

Court orders involving jurisdiction within its own territory and over people present within its borders. No country can tell another country how to decide cases or enforce laws. Just as foreign court orders are not automatically enforceable in the United States, United States court orders are not automatically enforceable abroad.