Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 822.12 (2026)

Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

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822.12822.12 Cooperation between courts; preservation of records.

822.12(1)(1) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following:

822.12(1)(a)(a) Hold an evidentiary hearing.

822.12(1)(b)(b) Order a person to produce or give evidence under procedures of that state.

822.12(1)(c)(c) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding.

822.12(1)(d)(d) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request.

822.12(1)(e)(e) Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

822.12(2)(2) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in sub. (1).

822.12(3)(3) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subs. (1) and (2) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.

822.12(4)(4) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.

822.12 HistoryHistory: 2005 a. 130.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1979–2003 · leading case: Tammie J.C. v. Robert T.R., 2003 WI 61 (Wis. 2003).

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Tammie J.C. v. Robert T.R., 2003 WI 61 (Wis. 2003). · cites it 28× “A comment to section 12 of the UCCJA, Binding Force and Res Judicata Effect of Custody Decree, adopted in Wisconsin as Wis. Stat. § 822.12 , *231 explains that the drafters of the UCCJA intended that jurisdiction under the UCCJA need not be based on technical personal…”

In Interest of AEH, 468 N.W.2d 190 (Wis. 1991). · cites it 3× “In addition, section 12 of the UCCJA, sec. 822.12, Stats., provides that a custody decree is conclusive as to all issues of fact and law decided and as to the custody determination made unless and until that determination is modified.”

Mayer v. Mayer, 283 N.W.2d 591 (Wis. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “The notice was addressed to an Orange County legal aid attorney in California.”

P.C. v. C.C., 468 N.W.2d 190 (Wis. 1991). · cites it 3× “In addition, section 12 of the UCCJA, sec. 822.12, Stats., provides that a custody decree is conclusive as to all issues of fact and law decided and as to the custody determination made unless and until that determination is modified.”

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