(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, ss. 769.605 to 769.608 apply to a contest of a registered convention support order.(2) A party contesting a registered convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than 60 days after notice of the registration.(3) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered convention support order by the time specified in sub. (2), the order is enforceable.(4) A contest of a registered convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in s. 769.708 . The contesting party bears the burden of proof.(5) In a contest of a registered convention support order, all of the following apply to a tribunal of this state:
(a) The tribunal is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction.(b) The tribunal may not review the merits of the order.(6) A tribunal of this state deciding a contest of a registered convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision.(7) A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Wis. Stat. ยง 769.707
Repealed and recreated by Acts 2015 ch, 82,s 10, eff. 12/18/2015.1993 a. 326; 1997 a. 27. Subchapter VII is repealed and recreated by 2009 Wis. Act 321 and 2015 Wis. Act 82, s. 12, effective 12-18-15 or the date stated in the notice published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 769.904, whichever is earlier, to read as follows, except that s. 769.708 (3) (intro.) is shown as affected by 2015 Wis. Act 82, s. 10, effective 12-18-15.
