2013 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
769. Uniform interstate family support act.
769.301 Proceedings under this chapter.
769.301 Proceedings under this chapter.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(2) This chapter provides for all of the following proceedings:
(a) Under subch. IV, establishment of an order for spousal support or child support.
(b) Under subch. V, enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state without registration.
(c) Under subch. VI, registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement.
(d) Under subch. II, modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state.
(e) Under subch. VI, registration of an order for child support of another state for modification.
(f) Under subch. VII, determination of parentage.
(g) Under subch. II, assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents.
(3) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
769.301 Proceedings under this chapter. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
History: 1993 a. 326; 2009 a. 321.
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