Divorce Judgment

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: William Russell Roberts v. Andrea A. Perone

Case No.: 2017AP2474

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

Focus: Divorce Judgment

William Roberts appeals a postdivorce order granting a motion filed by his former spouse, Andrea Perone, to lift a stay of a sanction the circuit court had previously imposed after finding Roberts in contempt for failing to comply with the terms of the parties’ divorce judgment. Roberts argues: (1) the circuit court judge was biased against him and should have recused himself; (2) the court should have ordered a competency evaluation of Roberts before permitting him to represent himself; (3) Roberts is entitled to relief under WIS. STAT. § 100.18 (2017-18) because Perone’s attorney misrepresented the terms of the parties’ marital settlement agreement; and (4) the court erred by ordering Roberts to spend sixty days in jail as a sanction for his contempt without specifying any purge conditions. We reject these arguments and affirm.

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