Divorce

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: Kathleen Pozorski v. Anthony J. Pozorski

Case No.: 2015AP1062

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Lundsten, and Blanchard, JJ.

Focus: Divorce

Anthony Pozorski appeals a judgment of divorce, challenging the maintenance award and the property division. Anthony argues that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion in: (1)awarding Kathleen Pozorski “significant maintenance,” even though she did not sacrifice her own career for the sake of the family and did not significantly contribute to Anthony’s career or education; (2)failing to give weight, when awarding maintenance, to Anthony’s expressed intention to pay for the future college expenses of Anthony and Kathleen’s minor son; (3) awarding Kathleen certain stocks in the property division that Anthony had purchased with funds that he inherited during the marriage; and (4) requiring Anthony to contribute to a portion of Kathleen’s litigation costs and fees in the divorce proceedings. Anthony also presents a “catch-all” argument that the court made “errors of fact and judgment and thereby treated [Anthony] unfairly.” For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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