Parents always worry about the welfare of their children during a divorce. The fear may even grow when the family includes stepchildren, especially since the legal system does not view the rights of stepparents as equal to those of biological parents. Many stepparents...
Child support is often a complicated matter, but certain issues can make it much more complex. Parental incarceration impacts many children, not only mentally and physically but also financially. Children with at least one parent behind bars lack the stability other...
If you have grandchildren, few things are more pleasing than having a fun visit. Unfortunately, not every grandparent has access to their beloved grandchildren, which can make building and maintaining a relationship difficult. In some cases, grandparents in Wisconsin...
If the court orders you to pay child support, you have to pay the stipulated amounts. Otherwise, stiff consequences may follow, and both you and your loved ones will suffer. Here are some of the aspects of your life that may suffer if you don’t pay child support....
Once you and your spouse have decided it’s time to get a divorce, the work of separating assets begins. The first step is discovering which assets are considered marital property and which are personal property. What happens, however, if you have a business at the...
When you divorce and you have children, one of the most important parts of the process is the establishment of a parenting plan. The parenting plan is essentially a guide you and your spouse create to lay out how you intend to co-parent your children after your...
When you and your spouse decide to get a divorce, the first logical step for both of you is to retain attorneys to represent you. For whatever reason, your spouse may opt to not hire an attorney. Technically, you are not required to have an attorney to get a divorce,...
Divorce is a situation that is, for many married couples, inevitable. Unfortunately, divorcing spouses who have a child with autism may be doing serious harm to the child that can be hard to understand, predict, and fix. Therefore, they need to do what they can to...
For many parents, the first co-parenting agreement you make with your ex likely isn’t the last. The child custody plan that works for a younger child does not necessarily work with the changing dynamics of older childhood. The passing of time provides a good...
