(1) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.(2) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, ss. 769.706 to 769.713 apply.(3) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a convention support order or foreign support agreement all of the following apply:
(a) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses.(b) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.(4) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the department.(5) This subchapter does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
Wis. Stat. ยง 769.705
Repealed and recreated by Acts 2015 ch, 82,s 10, eff. 12/18/2015.1993 a. 326; 1997 a. 27. Subchapter VII is repealed and recreated by 2009 Wis.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.
