767.055 Uniform Divorce Recognition Act. (1) EFFECT OF FOREIGN DIVORCE BY STATE DOMICILIARY. A divorce obtained in another jurisdiction is of no force or effect in this state if the court in the other jurisdiction lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case because both parties to the marriage were domiciled in this state at the time the proceeding for the divorce was commenced. (2) PROOF. Proof that a person obtaining a divorce in another jurisdiction was domiciled in this state within 12 months prior to the commencement of the divorce proceeding and resumed residence in this state within 18 months after the date of the person’s departure from this state, or that at all times after the person’s departure from this state and until the person’s return the person maintained a place of residence within this state, is prima facie evidence that the person was domiciled in this state when the divorce proceeding was commenced. (3) CONSTRUCTION. This section shall be interpreted and construed so as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it. (4) TITLE. This section may be cited as the Uniform Divorce Recognition Act. History: 1977 c. 105; 1979 c. 32 s. 50; Stats. 1979 s. 767.22; 1993 a. 486; 2005 a. 443 s. 85; Stats. 2005 s. 767.055. Comity cannot be accorded a Mexican decree if no domicile existed in that foreign jurisdiction. Wisconsin Valley Trust Co. v. DOR, 65 Wis. 2d 199, 222 N.W.2d 628 (1974).
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court commissioner and by the director of family court services under s. 767.405. (2) OTHER INFORMATION ON REQUEST. Upon request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under s. 767.451 or 767.59: (a) The office of family court commissioner shall, with or without charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action. 2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action. 3. Community resources and family court services available to assist the parties. 4. The procedure for setting, modifying and enforcing child support awards or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b) The office of family court commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action. History: 1977 c. 105, 271, 447, 449; 1979 c. 32 s. 50; 1987 a. 355; 2001 a. 61; 2005 a. 443 s. 43; Stats. 2005 s. 767.105.