When is Contempt Continuing?

By Gregg Herman
As it appeared in the Aug. 24, 2009
Editions of the Wisconsin Law Journal

As almost any family law attorney can attest, manipulative payors exist. Unfortunately, due to a recent decision from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, their gamesmanship may continue.

Christensen v. Sullivan, No. 2006AP803 (July 21, 2009), the issue was whether the circuit court was required to order monetary damages for certain members of the class who were inmates at the jail as a remedial sanction against the defendants for their repeated violations of the consent decree, when there was no dispute that the violations had ceased.

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Gregg Herman has written extensively on family law issues in such noted publications as Wisconsin Law Journal, Divorce Litigation, Wisconsin Journal of Family Law and Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine. Articles in his current archive tackle topics such as collaborative divorce, custody, and child support, as well as commentary on important Wisconsin cases involving family law issues.

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Attorney Leonard Loeb served as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin from July 1999-June 2000. Over his term, the organization and Wisconsin's legal community faced a variety of challenges, including early debate over multidisciplinary practice and reform of the state's attorney discipline system. His "President Perspective" column in the Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine offered a remarkable opportunity for him to speak candidly to his colleagues on the changing nature of the law, the responsibilities and duties of attorneys to their clients and the role of the State Bar of Wisconsin in leading the profession into the next century. We have gathered them here.