Archives: Wisconsin Court of Appeals

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.

Last month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued its decision in its only pending family law case, Steinmann v. Steinmann. This is the first of three articles which will discuss the case, and its puzzling implications.

On December 4, 2007, the District I Court of Appeals issued their opinion in Wright v. Wright. The decision, ordering the trial court to consider income from all sources in determining the maintenance calculation.

If the Supreme Court is going to have only one family law case on its docket (and this is currently the only one), Frisch v. Heinrichs is not the case to choose.

Depending on how strictly it’s read, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals holding in Frisch v. Heinrichs may cause severe problems in allowing courts to order a person who disobeys a court order to make the innocent party whole.

If the much-publicized case of Terri Schiavo wasn’t enough to make you reconsider the importance of good estate planning, a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals case re-emphasizes that point.

In my March 30 column, I praised the Wisconsin District IV Court of Appeals for their opinion in Derr v. Derr. However, a lesser portion of the opinion might prove problematic.

In a previous article, we looked at the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s significant family law cases from 2004. In this article, I will focus on significant 2004 cases decided by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.