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...
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The evolution of divorce priorities after 10 or 20 years of marriage
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...
You’ve decided to divorce, but your spouse refuses. What next?
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,”...
How to avoid co-parenting conflicts
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...
3 ways to establish legal paternity in Wisconsin
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...
Divorce complication: Cryptocurrency
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...
Gray divorce involves special considerations
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...
What to do when domestic abuse surfaces in your home
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...
How will the court manage the equal division of your business?
When you and your spouse founded your company, you never considered divorce and what would happen to the business as a result. Under Wisconsin law, your business is a marital asset that, like other assets, is in line for equal division. How will this work? Considering...
Adversarial litigation is not the only Wisconsin divorce option
If you’re a prospective divorcing party in the Milwaukee metro area or elsewhere in Wisconsin, you likely have some questions and concerns regarding the dissolution process. That’s understandable. Divorce is a big deal, a major life event that upends the status quo...