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Wis. Stat. § 822.05

International application

Known as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 822.01 to 822.47 (39 sections).

2005 a. 130.

(1) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this subchapter and subch. II.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter shall be recognized and enforced under subch. III.

(3) 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.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.