Archive: 2013

The litigation lasted for 17 years – 10 years longer than the marriage itself!

I’m not sure that the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in McLeod v. Mudlaff is bad law. But the case certainly seems to involve bizarre facts.

As reported earlier, in Rosecky vs. Schissel, 2013 WI 66, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the ability of parties to stipulate to a parenting agreement in a surrogacy case, reversing the trial court which refused to honor the agreement. My article discussing the holding was just published in the Wisconsin Law Journal. Essentially, I have […]

Apparently the Wisconsin Supreme Court does recognize, after all, the rights of people to privately agree on their own affairs.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court today released its decision in Rosecky v. Schissel, which is the first surrogacy case to be decided by an appellate court in this state.

One way to perhaps take the politics out of the Wisconsin Supreme Court would be term limits. Or, according to a recent proposal, a term limit.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has done some strange things over the years, but its “decision” (there is a reason I put quotation marks around that word) in State v. Johnson, 832 NW 2d 609, 2013 WI 59, 348 Wis. 2d 450 (WI Supreme Court, 2013), this week is really weird.

The United States Supreme Court issued two decisions today which appear to be significant victories for the gay rights movement.

My practice of family law has two components: First, representing clients in their divorce action and second, representing every member of my family who has a legal issue. The latter pays a lot better than the former!

In addition to suggesting that a client not wear any fancy jewelry, men sometimes need to be reminded to dress nicely enough to show respect for the court.