In RE MARRIAGE OF MICHALIK v. Michalik

This case involves the authority of Wisconsin courts to modify a child custody determination entered by a court of another state. We look to the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980,28 U.S.C. § 1738A (PKPA) and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, ch. 822 Stats. (UCCJA) to resolve this issue.

Rita Michalik seeks review of a decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's order declining to interfere with a prior custody order entered by an Indiana court. See In re Marriage of Michalik v. Michalik, 164 Wis. 2d 544, 476 N.W.2d 586 (Ct. App. 1991). The court of appeals…