In late March, as people in China emerged from coronavirus quarantines, lawyers watched divorce rates skyrocket in many Chinese cities. Statistics about the increase quickly spread online.
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Read More »In late March, as people in China emerged from coronavirus quarantines, lawyers watched divorce rates skyrocket in many Chinese cities. Statistics about the increase quickly spread online.
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Read More »Although I’m normally not one to bemoan the “good old days” gone by, there are instances in which I do. And given the unprecedented and unusual circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak as it affects the legal system, one such instance comes to mind.
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Read More »Recently, a default divorce hearing fell through because the judge in the case had the temerity to ask a party whether she thought the proposed settlement was fair.
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Read More »Grant Zielinski knows he needs to do a little explaining when responding to the question: What do you do for a living?
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Read More »Couples who get divorced would no longer have to wait six months before remarrying under a bill approved by the Wisconsin Assembly.
Read More »When it comes to divorce, it’s not enough anymore to know the ins and outs of child custody or the complexities of the law governing property divisions.
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Read More »In a rare unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court construed the meaning of the statute on grandparents’ visitation rights after a divorce.
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Read More »Before a recent rule change, the chances were slim that the parties in a divorce case could find lawyers to represent them pro bono.
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Read More »Men's Divorce School, a free seminar presented July 7 in Milwaukee by the domestic litigation firm Cordell & Cordell, will provide a crash course in Divorce 101.
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Read More »With same-sex marriage now legal in 36 states -- and probably legal in all 50 after the U.S. Supreme Court rules next summer -- same-sex divorces will follow in due course.
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Read More »If you tell the child’s other parent where you intend to move the child, permission to remove is specific to that location. The removing parent doesn’t have carte blanche to move wherever he or she chooses.
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Read More »While fewer people are getting married in Wisconsin, divorces also continue to decline.
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Read More »Now that we’re in the thick of winter and as Oscar season approaches, thoughts turn to spending some time at the warm local cinema for diversion.
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Read More »Recently a woman, despite her basic fears, called me to discuss divorce mediation.
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Read More »Nearly 15 years after the Indiana Supreme Court launched its Family Court Project, 22 counties — including Lake and Porter — are working toward a kinder, gentler, more holistic way to resolve family crises, court officials say.
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Read More »Perhaps the two most common questions I am asked by people who learn that I am a divorce lawyer are: “What causes most of the divorces I handle?” and “How can I prevent becoming one of your clients?”
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Read More »Few articles I’ve written have resulted in as much feedback as a June 8, 2011, piece I did on a collaborative case filings in Waukesha County.
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Read More »2012AP102 Montalvo v. U.S. Title & Closing Services, LLC
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Read More »2011AP623, 2011AP2617 In re the marriage of: Symdon v. Symdon
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Read More »2011AP2433 In re the marriage of: Kittelson v. Kittelson
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Read More »A divorced father could claim a dependency exemption on his federal income taxes – even though his child’s mother refused to sign the form ordinarily required by the IRS for such exemptions, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled.
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Read More »Public policy does not prohibit the parties to a divorce stipulating to an unmodifiable, limited-duration floor on the husband’s child support obligation, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
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Read More »Is maintenance still relevant in the 21st Century?
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Read More »A Connecticut judge recently ordered a divorcing couple to share their Facebook and other online social media passwords.
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Read More »2010AP3135 In re the marriage of Kettner v. Kettner
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Read More »2011AP508-FT In re the marriage of: Wirtz v. Wirtz
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Read More »2011AP574-FT In re the marriage of: Johnson v. Dostal
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Read More »A few years ago, it appeared that collaborative divorce, and its cousin, cooperative divorce, would be the "new thing," revolutionizing the practice of divorce in Wisconsin.
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Read More »There's an old joke about a husband not wanting to pay his wife any maintenance. The judge, after hearing the evidence, finds she is entitled to support and says, "I'm going to give her $1,000 per month." The husband responds, "Damn nice of you, judge. I'll kick in a couple hundred bucks of my own."
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Read More »It's no secret that people post incriminating information on Facebook.
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