By: dmc-admin//December 9, 2002//
This is because it was the August order which settled both the support and arrearages questions and the only question left to be decided was whether attorneys’ fees would be ordered. “The teachings of ACLU v. Thompson, 155 Wis.2d 442 (1990) and its progeny, support our holding that in the family law context an order resolving the merits of a child support dispute but not an attorney’s fee issue is final within the meaning of Wis. Stat. sec. 808.03(1).”
Appeal dismissed as untimely.
Recommended for publication in the official reports.
Dist II, Waukesha County, Dreyfus, J., Anderson, J.
Attorneys:
For Appellant: Gerard F. Kuchler, Waukesha
For Respondent: Kimberly A. Theobald, Waukesha