Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 822.34

  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing any of the following:
      (a)    A physical placement or visitation schedule made by a court of another state.
      (b)    The physical placement or visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific physical placement or visitation schedule.
   (2)   If a court of this state makes an order under sub. (1) (b), it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in subch. II. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or until the period expires.