Ask anyone who’s getting divorced what questions most concern them, and you’ll come across a familiar shortlist of items. Typically, two items rank right at or near the top: child custody and the house. Let’s set aside the questions of child custody for now and focus...
Most married couples accumulate both assets and debts during the marriage. When a marriage ends, the court divides both assets and debts between the divorcing spouses. How do Wisconsin divorce courts handle marital debts? What is marital debt? Both spouses must...
Whether you’re a mother or a father, you should care about establishing legal paternity for your child. It’s not automatic for unmarried fathers to have legal rights and responsibilities over their kids. You need to take action. Is it only about child support? Not at...
As we age and our bodies change, so too do our priorities in life. A 40-year-old version of you is unlikely to look exactly like – and have the exact same goals, wants and needs – as the 18-year-old version of you. Couples and marriages are like that as well. Young...
The wife steps into the living room in their comfortable Milwaukee home. “I have something to talk over,” she says to her husband. “Oh, good,” he says, looking up from a book. “I have something I’d like to discuss as well. But you should go first.” “I want a divorce,”...
You and your ex may have agreed to co-parent, but that does not mean that you won’t face any problems during the process. After all, you got divorced for a reason, and the issues you had as a married couple can come back to the surface if you share legal and physical...
Dad, father, papa, pop — so many names for the person who helps bring a child to life. Although you may have fathered a child, if you did not marry the mother, the state of Wisconsin may not recognize you as the child’s legal parent. What can you do to prove you are...
News media has in recent days been reporting on the wild fluctuations in value of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The digital money soared to more than $63,000 back in April but has retreated to around $32,500 as we write this post to our Milwaukee Family Law Blog in...
When you divorce later on in life, you may face unique considerations that other, younger people navigating divorces may not. For example, while younger divorcing couples may have concerns about child custody and child support, among other areas, you may feel more...
It does not matter the wholesomeness of your family or the wealth of your household, but domestic abuse can emerge in any home. In the past year while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more couples spent increasingly longer times together, working from home...