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Child Custody / Visitation

Wisconsin

• Forms
  • Forms, Family Law (WI Court System)
  • Child Custody / Visitation Forms & Guides from Wisconsin Counties (WI State Law Library)
    
    
• Custody & Placement: Answering Your Legal Questions (State Bar of WI)
• Child Custody (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  Brief commentary with links to federal statutes, regulations & opinions.
• Child Custody, Child Support & Visitation (Nolo.com)
  Answers to frequently asked questions. Information on parenting agreements, child custody & religion, and grandparent visitation rights.
  
  
• Guides (WI Court System)
  • Appointment of Guardian ad Litem
  • Contempt
  • DeNovo Review
  • Modification
  • Request for Mediation
  • Service
  • Service by Publication
  • Stipulation & Order to Amend Judgment with Arrears

• Finding Assistance
  • Divorce Conflict Solutions
    Helps divorced and separated parents reach agreements about custody, placement, and child-rearing.
    
    
• Visitation
  • Visitation by grandparents and other third parties (WI Legislative Council)
  • Grandparent Visitation Opinion: No Requirement of Significant Triggering Event (WI Opinion: 2011 WI App 122)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: s. 48.925 "Visitation Rights of Certain Persons"
• WI Statutes: s. 54.56 "Visitation by a Minor's Grandparents and Stepparents"
• WI Statutes: ch. 767 "Actions Affecting the Family"
  Sections of ch. 767 affected by 2005 Wis. Act 443 are available at the end of the Act PDF
• WI Statutes: ch. 767.41(4)(e): "Electronic Communication"
  Discusses virtual visitation.
• WI Statutes: ch. 822 "Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act"
• U.S. Code: 28 USC 1738A "Full Faith and Credit Given to Child Custody Determinations"
  
  Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.

County Resources

Recommended links from our County Resources database:

• Agencies

  • Family Court
    (920) 929-3075
    Forms, mediation information, FAQs and legal assistance resources.

• Court Forms

  • Notice of Intent to Remove Children (Dane Clerk of Court)
  • Petition for grandparent visitation and third-party visitation rights (Waukesha Clerk of Court)

• Guides

  • Custody / Placement / Visitation (Milwaukee Justice Center (MJC))
  • Family Court Resource Handbook (Racine Family Court Commissioner)
  • Fond du Lac County Family Court Handbook (Fond du Lac Family Court Commissioner)
  • Instructions for Motion to Change Custody, Placement, Support or Maintenance (Dane Clerk of Court)
  • Kewaunee County Family Law Handbook (Kewaunee Family Court)
  • Modification/Change Legal Custody, Physical Placement, Child Support or Maintenance (Ashland Clerk of Court)
  • Removal of Minor Children: Divorce (Manitowoc Family Court Commissioner)
    When a parent wishes to move a child more than 150 miles from the other parent.
  • Removal of Minor Children: Paternity (Manitowoc Family Court Commissioner)
    When a parent wishes to move a child more than 150 miles from the other parent.
  • Standard Guidelines on Periods of Physical Placement (Clark Court)
  • Visitation Rights of Other Persons (Waukesha Clerk of Court)

Last Updated: February 5, 2013 | Up to Top