Archives: Children and Divorce

The tricky issue of where parents can live with their children before a divorce is granted.

The statutes regarding post-judgment modification and removal are confusing. And unfortunately, a recent Court of Appeals decision makes them even more so.

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

I’ve ranted in the past about the cases in Wisconsin which prohibit contingent custody/placement orders. A recent pro/con debate in the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law allows me to renew my rant.

It is time for Wisconsin to reconsider the law regarding contingent placement orders.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there were an organization in which professionals from the family-law bar, mental-health providers and the courts come together in an effort to share information? That’s what The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts is all about.

At first blush, a court of appeals case which is not recommended for publication, but may be cited, presents the common and troublesome issue of a child making choices. Upon closer reading, however, the case is much simpler.

Just when I thought I’d heard them all a husband requests placement for any first round NCAA championship game played by Syracuse.

Hopefully, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in Nehls will be relied upon only for the waiver issue, not approving the use of a GAL serving as a type of “special master” in deciding custody matters.

The U.S. House passed a bill recently that would prohibit family law courts from using military deployments as a factor in determining child custody rights. Does this help or hurt children?