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Child Custody Modification

By: Derek Hawkins//June 12, 2018//

Child Custody Modification

By: Derek Hawkins//June 12, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: Herbert Raymond Glidewell v. Jill Irene Riley

Case No.: 2017AP414

Officials: Brennan, P.J., Kessler and Brash, JJ.

Focus: Child Custody Modification

Jill Irene Riley (f/k/a Jill Irene Glidewell) appeals the order dismissing, on the merits, her motion for review of the family court commissioner’s decision denying her request to modify child custody and placement. The sole issue on appeal is whether in conducting its review, the circuit court held a hearing de novo as required by WIS. STAT. § 757.69(8) (2015- 16). We conclude that it did not. Accordingly, we reverse and remand so that the circuit court can afford Riley the hearing to which she is statutorily entitled.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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