48.97 Adoption orders of other jurisdictions. - Wisconsin Statutes

48.97

48.97 Adoption orders of other jurisdictions. When the relationship of parent and child has been created by an order of adoption of a court of any other state or nation, the rights and obligations of the parties as to matters within the jurisdiction of this state shall be determined by s. 48.92. If the adoptive parents were residents of this state at the time of the foreign adoption, the preceding sentence applies only if the department has approved the placement. A child whose adoption would otherwise be valid under this section may be readopted in accordance with this chapter.

48.97 - ANNOT.

History: 1971 c. 187; 1981 c. 81; 1995 a. 443.