Archives: Children and Divorce

Some things sound better on paper than they turn out to be in real life.

Allowing children to play a role in the legal system when they’re very young increases the risk of manipulation and future guilt.

It has been 8 years since the WI Supreme Court accepted a review of a family-law case. Their recent decision makes one wonder why they spent their time.

It’s far more common to accompany a client to a mediation session than to a contested court hearing. But that requires experience and negotiation skills.

The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted everything, including issues related to child support by parents who have lost their jobs.

I was pleasantly surprised with Noah Baumbach’s new film “A Marriage Story”.

After a year of writing this column for the Wisconsin Law Journal, it is time to take a look back at the main issues for the year.

The WI Supreme Court does not accept many family-law cases, so it was surprising when the justices granted review of Pulkkila v. Pulkkila.

Wisconsin’s new relocation law, while having many good aspects, has all the look of a law which was drafted by a committee on which few people with real family-law experience were serving.

Once again, there are efforts to require Wisconsin family courts to order equal physical placement in every – or virtually every – case.