767.005.Scope.
Subch. I: Definitions, Scope, Jurisdiction, and Recognition of Judgments · Last amended 2005 · Current through 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 · Last verified September 8, 2026
Full Text of Section 767.005
Official Notes
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NOTE: 2005 Wis. Act 443 contains explanatory notes.
Amendment History
Wisconsin prints each section’s legislative history as a single “History” line naming every act that created or amended it, and every renumbering. It is reproduced verbatim below.
History: 2005 a. 443.
Plain-English Summary
One sentence: this chapter applies to actions affecting the family. The work is all done by the definition in Section 767.001, which lists what those actions are.
Short as it is, it is the hinge between the definition and everything that follows. A proceeding that is on the list is governed by this chapter; one that is not is governed by the ordinary rules of civil procedure in chapters 801 to 847.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Chapter 767 apply to?
Actions affecting the family, as Section 767.001 defines them.
What governs a family case this chapter does not cover?
Section 767.201 provides that civil procedure generally governs actions affecting the family except as this chapter provides otherwise.