Archive: January 2015
SCOTUS Grants Cert on Same-Sex Marriage Case
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015
Since the 5th Circuit ruling was not stayed, same-sex couples are now routinely getting marriage in Wisconsin (and elsewhere).
McDonah’s Impact on Child Support
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015
Wisconsin CA decided life insurance provision was in the nature of child support and thus ended when the children were no longer minors.
Lawyers Shouldn’t Rely on Wisconsin Appeals Court to Bail Them Out
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015
It is common, where there are minor children, for a divorce agreement to require at least the payor of child support and sometimes both parties to maintain life insurance with the children as beneficiaries. A recent unpublished, but citeable, Wisconsin Court of Appeals case has implications for some of these divorce cases.
Co-Parenting Commandments
Published: Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Co-parenting really does not need 11 commandments. It needs one.