Wisconsin Statutes 324.04 – Jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 324.04
- 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 may issue an order regarding custodial responsibility under this chapter only if the court has jurisdiction under ch. 822.
(2) If a court has issued a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility under subch. III, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for purposes of ch. 822 during the deployment.
(3) If a court has issued a permanent order regarding custodial responsibility before notice of deployment and the parents modify that order temporarily by agreement under subch. II, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for purposes of ch. 822.
(4) If a court in another state has issued a temporary order regarding custodial responsibility as a result of impending or current deployment, the residence of the deploying parent is not changed by reason of the deployment for purposes of ch. 822.
(5) This section does not prevent a court from exercising temporary emergency jurisdiction under s. 822.24.