Wisconsin State Law Library

Cross border family issues can be a complex mix of treaties, uniform acts, case law, and local laws. The International family law desk book, by attorney Ann Laquer Estin, discusses transnational litigation, marriage, divorce, parental rights, custody, child support, adoption, and child welfare.

Each chapter provides an overview of the subject area and relevant laws and treaties, with a focus on transnational family issues in the United States. Highlights include:

• International judicial assistance, service of process, and discovery
• Enforcing judgments
• Marital consent and prohibitions
• Parallel divorce proceedings
• Marital agreements and financial or property orders
• Child custody and access rights
• Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)
• International child abduction
• Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
• Adoption procedures from Hague Convention countries and non-Convention countries
• Children's immigration issues

The International family law desk book is available for checkout from the Wisconsin State Law Library.

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The State Law Library, and Milwaukee and Dane County Law Libraries will be closed on Monday, December 26th for a state holiday. We will respond to questions and requests on Tuesday, December 27th.

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The Wisconsin State Law Library provides public access to the WI Supreme Court and Court of Appeals briefs and appendices. Our Finding Wisconsin Appellate Briefs tutorial has been updated with new website examples for 2016.


Learn more about researching appellate briefs on our Finding Wisconsin Appellate Briefs tutorial page and get a quick overview of where to find briefs online and in print on our Wisconsin Briefs page.