Wis. Stat. § 822.05: International application.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chs. 801-847, Civil Procedure
- Chapter 822 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act
- SUBCHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
(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.
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