Many Wisconsin couples run small businesses together and, when they divorce, it is not uncommon for one spouse to transfer their ownership interest to the other spouse as part of the divorce settlement. Often it boils down to one spouse not wanting to continue to work alongside the other when both have played an active […]
Conclusive Determination of Paternity
Establishing paternity of a child in Wisconsin may be established by both parents signing off on a Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgement and an Acknowledgement of Marital Child. However, if the parents are in a paternity disagreement, one parent may initiate a method known as Conclusive Determination of Paternity, a process handled through the child support agency […]
Wisconsin Child Relocation
Wisconsin law (Wis. Stat. § 767.481 Relocating a child’s residence) requires divorced parents to get court approval before a child relocation moves a child more than 100 miles away from the other parent unless both parents agree to the terms of the relocation and whether the relocation is in the child’s best interests. Instances where […]
High Conflict Child Custody Disputes
Roughly half of marriages end in divorce and, while many couples aspire to have a “good” or “low conflict’ divorce, sometimes there may be conflicts when children are involved. Parents involved in what is known as high conflict child custody disputes have ongoing disagreements and acrimony on almost every aspect of their child’s upbringing, often […]
Divorced Parents Vie for Child Tax Credits
With tax season in full swing, many divorced parents have questions regarding who gets to claim dependent children, which can have large impact on the taxes they will pay. This is not limited to the head of household filing status, but includes Dependent Care Credits and the Child Tax Credit, which can reduce taxable income […]
Guardianship for Dependent Adults
A Wisconsin guardianship is a tool to provide decision making support and protection of rights for adults. Sometimes a guardian is appointed by the court to act on behalf of an adult who is found to have a functional impairment in decision making or communication that meets the legal standard for incompetence. Types of […]
Preventing Child Abuse in a Child Custody Arrangement
When parents’ divorce or separate sometimes one parent does not trust the other parent to protect their child or may worry that the other parent may even abuse their child. While courts generally seek to keep child-parent relationships intact, in cases of child neglect or abuse, it may be necessary to limit or prohibit custody […]
Child Custody Arrangements for Young Children
Parents of children contemplating divorce often worry about child custody and visitation and its influence on young children. Easily the largest concern among parents involve overnight stays with a non-custodial parent for preschool or preverbal children who may not be able to understand that overnights away from a primary care giver is temporary or be […]
Terminate or Reduce Spousal Support
When you are ordered to pay Wisconsin spousal maintenance as part of your divorce, you may wonder what circumstances trigger the termination of the spousal support, aka alimony, payments or what you can do to reduce the amount you have to pay. An award of temporary or rehabilitative maintenance meant to provide time for a […]
Court Order for Wisconsin Alimony
If you have been awarded rehabilitative alimony for a period of time or permanent alimony, you may wonder how you will receive the spousal support payments and what you can do if your spouse does not make payments as ordered. If a paying spouse does not want to get tangled-up with making court ordered monthly […]
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