By: Derek Hawkins//December 29, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: Kelly R. Rose v. Russell O. Rose
Case No.: 2015AP2646; 2015AP692
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J.
Focus: Divorce – Marital Settlement Agreement – Special Master
Pursuant to a stipulation entered between the parties modifying their marital settlement agreement (MSA) on placement, the parties agreed to reduce the placement of the children with Russell O. Rose to alternating weekends and to use a special master/referee to resolve any future disputes between the parties involving modification to placement. Russell subsequently moved the circuit court for increased placement and, in connection thereafter, moved for psychological evaluations of the parties and their children. The circuit court denied Russell’s motions. Russell then moved to remove the special master, which the court also denied. Russell appeals both orders, and we affirm