An article in USA Today indicated that the number of people living together has significantly increased over the last 5 to 10 years. This article, which centered on heterosexual couples, reflected on the reasons for the increase and the impact on marriage. In giving this some thought, it came to me that people may be living together for many […]
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Wisconsin Family Law: What is a Serial Parent and How Does it Effect Child Support?
Recently, I received a very interesting phone call from a young woman who had just had a child with her boyfriend. They were living together and both were working and sharing household expenses. It was their first child. Although both were working, both paychecks barely covered their monthly expenses. To complicate matters, her boyfriend previously […]
Wisconsin Family and Divorce Law: Termination of Parental Rights Continued
Continuing a review of issues raised in In Re Termination of Parental Rights to Guenevere T. http://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=64253), consider the ramifications of the father’s failure to establish rights through a formal paternity judgment. It seems that, after the father moved away, the parents agreed on an informal placement schedule. Later, the mother, due to concerns regarding […]
Co-Habitation is Up – Legal Risks for the Non-Married Couples in Wisconsin
Recently, I scanned an article on USA Today claiming that the number of people living together has significantly increased over the last 5 to 10 years. The article reflected on the reasons and the impact on marriage. The article is centered on heterosexual couples. In giving this some thought, it came to me that people […]
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