Declaratory Judgment – Divorce Proceedings

By: Derek Hawkins//December 31, 2019//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Ali H. Mardan, et al. v. Ingie Mardan

Case No.: 2019AP333

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Declaratory Judgment – Divorce Proceedings

Ali and Mary Mardan (collectively, the Mardans) appeal an order that dismissed their declaratory judgment claims against their former daughter-in-law, Ingie Mardan (Ingie). We conclude the circuit court properly dismissed the Mardans’ claims on the grounds that they were not ripe for adjudication. We further conclude the Mardans have failed to show that they were prejudiced by the court’s consultation with the judge who presided over the divorce action terminating Ingie’s marriage to the Mardans’ son, or by the court’s consideration of certain documents not of record in this case, but filed in the divorce action. We therefore affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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