48.99(2)(x)(x) “Service member’s permanent duty station” means the military installation where an active duty U.S. armed services member is currently assigned and is physically located under competent orders that do not specify the duty as temporary.

48.99(2)(y)(y) “Service member’s declared state of legal residence” means the state in which an active duty U.S. armed services member is considered a resident for tax and voting purposes.

48.99(2)(z)(z) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands, or any other territorial possession of the United States.

48.99(2)(zg)(zg) “State court” means a judicial body of a state that is vested by law with responsibility for adjudicating cases involving abuse, neglect, deprivation, delinquency, or status offenses of children.

48.99(2)(zr)(zr) “Supervision” means monitoring provided by a receiving state once a child has been placed in the receiving state under this compact.

48.99(3)(a)(a) Except as otherwise provided in par. (b), this compact shall apply to all of the following:

48.99(3)(a)1.1. The interstate placement of a child who is subject to ongoing court jurisdiction in a sending state due to allegations or findings that the child has been abused, neglected, or deprived, as defined by the laws of the sending state, except that the placement of such a child into a residential facility shall only require notice of residential placement to the receiving state prior to placement.

48.99(3)(a)2.2. The interstate placement of a child who has been adjudicated delinquent or unmanageable based on the laws of a sending state and who is subject to the ongoing court jurisdiction of the sending state if any of the following apply:

48.99(3)(a)2.a.a. The child is being placed in a residential facility in another member state and is not covered under another compact.

48.99(3)(a)2.b.b. The child is being placed in another member state and the determination of safety and suitability of the placement and services required is not provided through another compact.

48.99(3)(a)3.3. The interstate placement of any child by a public child placing agency or private child placing agency as a preliminary step to a possible adoption.

48.99(3)(b)(b) This compact shall not apply to any of the following:

48.99(3)(b)1.1. The interstate placement of a child in a custody proceeding in which a public child placing agency is not a party so long as the placement is not intended to effectuate on adoption.

48.99(3)(b)2.2. The interstate placement of a child with a nonrelative in a receiving state by a parent with the legal authority to make such a placement so long as the placement is not intended to effectuate an adoption.

48.99(3)(b)3.3. The interstate placement of a child by a relative with the legal authority to make such a placement directly with another relative in a receiving state.

48.99(3)(b)4.4. The placement of a child who is not subject to par. (a) into a residential treatment facility by his or her parent.

48.99(3)(b)5.a.a. The noncustodial parent proves to the satisfaction of a court in the sending state that he or she has a substantial relationship with the child.

48.99(3)(b)5.b.b. The court in the sending state makes a written finding that placement with the noncustodial parent is in the best interests of the child.

48.99(3)(b)5.c.c. For a placement in a proceeding in which a public child placing agency is a party, the court in the sending state dismisses its jurisdiction over the proceeding.

48.99(3)(b)6.6. A child entering the United States from a foreign country for the purpose of adoption in this country or leaving the United States to go to a foreign country for the purpose of adoption in that country.

48.99(3)(b)7.7. Cases in which a child who is a United States citizen living overseas with his or her family, at least one member of which is in the U.S. armed services and stationed overseas, is removed and placed in a state.

48.99(3)(b)8.8. The sending of a child by a public child placing agency or a private child placing agency to another state for a visit, as defined by the rules promulgated by the interstate commission.

48.99(3)(c)(c) For purposes of determining the applicability of this compact to the placement of a child with a family member who is in the U.S. armed services, the public child placing agency or private child placing agency may choose the state of the service member’s permanent duty station or the service member’s declared state of legal residence.

48.99(3)(d)(d) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the concurrent application of this compact with other applicable interstate compacts including the Interstate Compact for Juveniles and the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. The interstate commission may, in cooperation with other interstate compact commissions having responsibility for the interstate movement, placement, or transfer of children, promulgate like rules to ensure the coordination of services, the timely placement of children, and the reduction of unnecessary or duplicative administrative or procedural requirements.

48.99(4)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (h), except when sub. (5) (b) 2. or 3. applies in a private or independent adoption, and except for an interstate placement in a custody proceeding in which a public child placing agency is not a party, the sending state shall retain jurisdiction over a child with respect to all matters of custody and disposition of the child over which the sending state would have had jurisdiction if the child had remained in the sending state. That jurisdiction shall also include the power to order the return of the child to the sending state.

48.99(4)(b)(b) When an issue of child protection or custody is brought before a court in the receiving state, that court shall confer with the court of the sending state to determine the most appropriate forum for adjudication.