Archives: Placement

At first blush, a court of appeals case which is not recommended for publication, but may be cited, presents the common and troublesome issue of a child making choices.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

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?

Ex parte orders in custody cases are very dangerous in most cases.

Recently, a New York became the sixth, and largest, state, plus the District of Columbia, to recognize same-sex marriage. If the current trend continues, more and more states will also legalize two men or two women entering into the same legal relationship as possible for a man and a woman.

Has shared time truly become the norm? Is it mandatory? Most importantly, is it a good thing?

It doesn’t take a village to raise children. It takes parents. That’s one of the central implications of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals recent decision is Lubinski v. Lubinski.

After nearly nine months without a Wisconsin Court of Appeals case arising from a divorce action being recommended for publication, late last month, the District I Court of Appeals its opinion in Lubinski v. Lubinski.

On December 13, 2005, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Landwehr v. Landwehr, which presents the issue of the proper standard of review when determining a motion to modify physical placement. Let’s hope the high court relies heavily upon a recent court of appeals opinion before rendering its decision in this case.

On November 9, 2005, the Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill by vote of 57 to 38 vote that would substantially change Wisconsin’s removal law, greatly restricting a parent’s ability to move with a minor child.