Child Custody

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin et al v. Steven R. Coons

Case No.: 2016AP566

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J.

Focus: Child Custody

This is an ongoing dispute over physical placement of two minor children born in 2003 and 2005, between the children’s mother, Lori Erickson, and the children’s adjudicated father, Steven Coons.2 Lori and Steven have both filed multiple motions since 2006 to modify physical placement. In response to the most recent motions, pertinent to this appeal, on June 16, 2015, the circuit court entered a decision and order awarding Steven limited physical placement according to a specific schedule and with certain conditions. Lori denied Steven placement, and after a hearing the circuit court entered an order on October 6, 2015 finding Lori in contempt for violating the June 2015 physical placement order and setting purge conditions. Lori continued to deny Steven placement, and after a hearing the circuit court entered an order on March 11, 2016 finding Lori in contempt for violating the prior placement and contempt orders, sentencing her to ten days in jail, and setting purge conditions. This appeal followed. For the reasons stated below, I affirm.

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