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Wisconsin · Through 2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)

Wis. Stat. § 822.05: International application.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Chs. 801-847, Civil Procedure
  2. Chapter 822 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act
  3. 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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