By: Derek Hawkins//June 21, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: Anna Marie Carter v. Patrick Lee Haley
Case No.: 2015P2335
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J.
Focus: Frivolous Appeal – Attorney Fees
This cases arises from the reopening of a divorce judgment. In addition to their Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) dividing their marital assets, Patrick Haley and his former wife, Anna Carter f/k/a Anna Haley, negotiated a Supplemental Business Agreement (SBA) as a means to divide the assets and ownership of their jointly owned marital business. Patrick appeals the order denying his motion to reconsider the circuit court’s decision in regard to the SBA and a patent awarded to him. Anna alleges a frivolous appeal and requests costs and attorneys’ fees pursuant to WIS. STAT. RULE 809.25(3) (2015-16).1 We affirm the order and deny the motion for costs and fees.