2015 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
948. Crimes against children.
948.25 Unauthorized interstate placements of children.

WI Stat § 948.25 (2015) What's This?

948.25 Unauthorized interstate placements of children.

948.25(1)(1) Any person who sends a child out of this state, brings a child into this state, or causes a child to be sent out of this state or brought into this state for the purpose of permanently transferring physical custody of the child to a person who is not a relative, as defined in s. 48.02 (15), of the child is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

948.25(2) (2)Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

948.25(2)(a) (a) A placement of a child that is authorized under s. 48.98, 48.988, or 48.99.

948.25(2)(b) (b) A placement of a child that is approved by a court of competent jurisdiction of the sending state or receiving state.

History: 2013 a. 314.

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