Archives: Family Law

In this Issue: WI Supreme Court case on appointment of referee; Court of Appeals decisions on contempt remedy and effect of incarceration and more.

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

In this Issue: Mediators drafting settlement agreements, Constitutional right to travel, planning for remarriage and more.

In this Issue: Analysis of “double dipping” in support cases, jury trials for involuntary termination of parental rights cases and more.

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

In this Issue: Unpublished (but citeable) case on delegation of placement decision to a referee and more.

In this Issue: New book on effective negotiations, frozen pre-embroyos case and Christmas after Divorce.

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.

In this Issue: Revisions to child support guidelines; decisions across the nation, health insurance for surrogates and more.

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