A bill authored by an Eastern Wisconsin Senator has been signed into law.
Sen. Andre Jacque’s bill, now known as Act 81, cleared up a section of state law related to parental rights.
Under the previous law, a parent could not move with a child more than 100 miles from another parent without court approval if the other parent also had court-ordered placement rights.
However, there was ambiguity over how to calculate 100 miles, leading to confusion, conflict, and unnecessary court proceedings.
Parents were at risk of being held in contempt of the court over misunderstandings about how to properly comply with existing statutory language.
Act 81 codifies this decision by defining 100 miles as “driving” miles instead of in a straight line, or “as the crow flies.”
Sen. Jacque tells SeehaferNews.com that the “common-sense legal clarification, enacted with broad bipartisan support, will make it easier for Wisconsin families to comply with existing law without having to spend additional time and money in court, while also freeing up valuable family court time.”
