Archives: Family Law

Family Law Urban Legends are Often Falsehoods

Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2001

Family law has its own “urban legends.” This article examines several such legends and discusses their reality.

Pre-divorce Marital Pacts are Still Perplexing

Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2001

Imagine calling to the witness stand the paramour of your client’s estranged spouse, in an attempt to prove that the spouse entered into a marital property agreement with a divorce in mind.

Frequent Filers Cause Real Problems

Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2001

Frivolous actions seem to occur more frequently in family court than in most other areas of law.

Collaborative Law Can Mitigate Divorce Damage

Published: Sunday, April 1st, 2001

Collaborative divorce requires lawyers who believe in the process and commit to work to resolve problems. Collaborative lawyers use problem solving techniques to fashion a “win-win” approach to the case, rather than the intimidation and threats of going to court to litigate.

Collaborative Divorce: A Short Overview

Published: Sunday, April 1st, 2001

Collaborative divorce has been tried and tested in a number of states and is spreading throughout the country.

Third Party Visitation in Wisconsin

Published: Thursday, March 1st, 2001

Wisconsin law is a mixture of different standing requirements and standards for grandparent visitation and other third-party intervention. Thus, some of these statutes are vulnerable to constitutional attack in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision.

When Must a Couple Get Court Approval For an Agreement?

Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2000

When a divorce is looming, but not yet filed, at what point must the husband and wife get court approval for family law agreements?

10 Commandments of Divorce Settlement Negotiations

Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2000

In few other areas of law do the parties to a lawsuit share as intimate a knowledge of each other as do those in a divorce case. In addition, in few other areas of law will the parties have an ongoing relationship with each other after the lawsuit is completed.

Discovery in Family Law Cases

Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2000

In personal injury cases, the use of formal discovery is routine. Failure to do so may, in fact, be negligence. But, family law is not personal injury law. In fact, in many – if not most, family law cases, doing formal discovery may be malpractice.

The Shared-Time Payer and Variable Costs

Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2000

In Randall v. Randall, when a court applies the shared-time formula for child support, it is also required to order the parties to share the variable costs for the children in the same proportion in which they share the children.