Archives: Divorce

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.

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.

Outstanding book goes into detail about game theory and its application to divorce settlement negotiations.

Studies show that women are more likely than men to initiate a divorce. My cases would support that finding.

The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Divorcing, An Excellent Article By Randy Kessler

Wisconsin law allows a court to reduce child support where the paying parent has placement at least 25% of overnights and is ordered to “assume basic support costs in proportion to the time that the parent has placement of the child”. In addition, the court must assign responsibility for variable costs for the child in proportion to the share of physical placement. The problem is that variable costs are amorphous and disagreement can lead to future litigation.

My column in this issue of Inside Track, published by the Wisconsin State Bar, is entitled: Methods for Settlement Negotiations.