Archives: Settlement
Krause Muddies Water in Child Support Cases
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
Requiring parties to exchange tax returns in child support cases may cause confusion.
Wisconsin Family Law Case Finder
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018
On March 1, 2018, Loeb & Herman will debut Wisconsin Family Law Case Finder, a subscription based legal research service specifically designed for family law attorneys.
No Tax Deductions for Maintenance
Published: Friday, January 19th, 2018
There are many unknowns about who will benefit from the new tax bill just passed by Congress. What it does for sure is hurt individuals getting divorced in maintenance situations.
On Family Law in the Military
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017
Recent court and legislative actions affect the division of military retirement pay and physical placement schedules for divorcing military families.
Using Third-Party Decision Makers
Published: Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
Two recent family law cases address this question from different standpoints.
Lawyer-mediators Drafting Settlement Agreements
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017
A new SCR rule allows lawyer-mediators to draft settlement docs in family cases. Will it work in complex situations?
Judges are Human
Published: Friday, September 9th, 2016
The title of this post “Judges are human” should not a major revelation. But it does serve as an object lesson as to how our legal system works.
Methods for Settlement Negotiations
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
My column in this issue of Inside Track, published by the Wisconsin State Bar, is entitled: Methods for Settlement Negotiations.
The Ultimatum Game and Divorce Settlement Negotiations
Published: Saturday, June 13th, 2015
In the process of writing my book for the ABA Family Law Section, I did a fair amount of research into a field called “game theory,” which, among other models, includes the ultimatum game.
Lawyers Shouldn’t Rely on Wisconsin Appeals Court to Bail Them Out
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015
It is common, where there are minor children, for a divorce agreement to require at least the payor of child support and sometimes both parties to maintain life insurance with the children as beneficiaries. A recent unpublished, but citeable, Wisconsin Court of Appeals case has implications for some of these divorce cases.