2025 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 324 - Deployed parents custody and visitation.
324.38 - Content of temporary custodial responsibility order.

324.38 Content of temporary custodial responsibility order.

(1) An order granting custodial responsibility under this subchapter shall do all of the following:

(a) Designate the order as temporary.

(b) Identify to the extent feasible the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment.

(2) If applicable, an order for custodial responsibility under this subchapter shall do all of the following:

(a) Specify the allocation of physical placement, legal custody, and visitation among the deploying parent, the other parent, and any nonparent.

(b) If custodial responsibility is shared by 2 or more individuals under the order, or the order grants physical placement to one or more individuals and visitation to other individuals, provide a process to resolve any dispute that may arise.

(c) Provide for liberal communication between the deploying parent and the child during deployment, including through electronic means, unless contrary to the best interest of the child, and allocate any costs of communications.

(d) Provide for liberal contact between the deploying parent and the child during the time the deploying parent is on leave or otherwise available, unless contrary to the best interest of the child.

(f) Provide that the order will terminate on the applicable date under s. 324.37 (1).

History: 2021 a. 161.