Wisconsin Code § 822.05

International application
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(1) A court of this state
shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of
applying this subchapter and subch. II.
(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in
substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this
chapter shall be recognized and enforced under subch. III.
(3) A court of this state need not apply this chapter if the child
custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles
of human rights.

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