A guide to Wisconsin custody and placement laws, court-appointed professionals, and how your child’s wishes impact custody decisions.
“Once my son turns 14, he’ll finally get to decide which parent he wants to live with. ”
As a Wisconsin family
“I am greatly interested in Roy and like him.”Lavinia Goodell, January 1876Lavinia Goodell had a reformer’s nature and throughout her life strove to help those in need, whether it desperate to extricate themselves from abusive marriages or young men who
Ed. Note: This is Part II of a guest post by Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer Christopher Van Wagner. Part I can be found here.
Anyone of a certain age recalls the famous closing argument by the late Johnny
A non-compete agreement is one of the most significant employment-related documents an employer may ask an employee to sign. It can help protect customer relationships, confidential information, trade secrets, goodwill, and other legitimate business interests when an employee leaves the
We are so grateful to Professor Mitra Sharafi (University of Wisconsin, Madison) for coming back to the blog this past month and posting a wonderful series of reflections. Here is a round-up of her contributions, all of which involved the
“No, this isn’t some elaborate rookie hazing prank… it’s the result of Friday’s theme night at High-A Wisconsin, one in which the team normally known as the Timber Rattlers becomes the Brats as part of Bratoberfest, a play on Germany’s
From the WI DNR Letter of August 27:
Thank you for the updates provided on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 26, 2026, regarding the liquified natural gas spill near Saxon, Wisconsin. As noted during the call, the agency is deeply
When short-term disability (STD) benefits are about to end, many workers assume long-term disability (LTD) will simply pick up where STD leaves off. That assumption can create a costly gap.The transition from short-term to long-term disability is a new benefit
Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its
