Archives: Articles By Gregg Herman

Two recent family law cases address this question from different standpoints.

A new SCR rule allows lawyer-mediators to draft settlement docs in family cases. Will it work in complex situations?

Can post-judgment divorce disputes regarding custody and placement be delegated to third parties?

Proposed changes to Wisconsin’s Child Support Guidelines related to high-income formula make sense, other proposals seem to be solutions in want of a problem.

Clients don’t always welcome the recommendation to not drink when it affects placement, but zero tolerance is the only solution.

When a party in a divorce or paternity matter fails to exchange financial information, the court can go back in history and make retroactive adjustments to support.

Will the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision in In re Meister expand grandparent visitation litigation in Wisconsin?

Every divorce lawyer has seen it – a domestic violence perpetrator who abuses the family pet as a way to inflict pain on a spouse or other family member. Act 253, while not a cure-all, offers protections for victims’ pets through DV orders.

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There is no “magic age” for when children have a right to be heard, but GALs should be trained on how to talk to children who are caught in the middle of family battles.