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Apparently the Wisconsin Supreme Court does recognize, after all, the rights of people to privately agree on their own affairs.

I’ve ranted in the past about the cases in Wisconsin which prohibit contingent custody/placement orders. A recent pro/con debate in the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law allows me to renew my rant.

It is time for Wisconsin to reconsider the law regarding contingent placement orders.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there were an organization in which professionals from the family-law bar, mental-health providers and the courts come together in an effort to share information? That’s what The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts is all about.

At first blush, a court of appeals case which is not recommended for publication, but may be cited, presents the common and troublesome issue of a child making choices.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

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?

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.

As divorce lawyers, we are intimately aware of the overlapping relationship between psychology and family law.

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.