Kowalski Wilson & Vang LLC is a law firm specializing exclusively in family law matters. The firm serves clients primarily in southern Wisconsin, including Madison and Baraboo. Their practice areas cover a broad range of family law issues such as divorce, child custody, paternity, guardianship, restraining orders, termination of parental rights, adoption, child support, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. The firm also handles cases involving high net worth and business divorces, military and federal employee divorces, and collaborative divorce processes. Their attorneys focus on protecting the rights and interests of men, women, and children during family law proceedings, providing guidance through complex and emotionally challenging legal situations.
Wisconsin is a community property state. What does that mean? All assets and debts acquired during the marriage are joint property to be divided equally in divorce.
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https://www.investopedia.com/splitting-property-after-a-common-law-marriage-5202062
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There is a fine line between respecting the benefits of co-parenting and protecting the victims of domestic abuse.
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Is child support automatically suspended if I lose my job and income? The answer is No. In Wisconsin, the child support will not be modified unless a party files a motion to modify it or two parties reach an agreement…
Wisconsin child support is established using a formula that accounts for each parent’s income and percentage of time s/he spends with the child. However, if the court determines that employing the guideline child support is unfair to the child or…
Two legislative committees in Madison heard a bill this week that would allow sexual assault survivors to obtain permanent restraining orders, preventing them from being re-traumatized by having to face their abusers.
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https://madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/jessie-opoien/wisconsin-bill-would-allow-sexual-assault-survivors-to-obtain-permanent-restraining-orders/article_8b0340bc-a715-5fa8-bb43-88dab3359f14.html
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A Wisconsin man recently found out the hard way that you cannot outrun your child support obligations. Matthew Finley, 39, was extradited from Appleton to Putnam County, Indiana, over a failure to pay more than $30,000 in back child support.…
A Wisconsin man recently found out the hard way that you cannot outrun your child support obligations. Matthew Finley, 39, was extradited from Appleton to Putnam County, Indiana, over a failure to pay more than $30,000 in back child support.…
A new statute has established that a paternity adjudication may not always be in the best interest of the child, even if genetic testing has already occurred. As noted in our January 2015 blog (found here: https://kwvfamilylaw.com/wisconsin-paternity-update/), Wis. Stat.…
On March 22, 2020, the Wisconsin Supreme Court temporarily suspended in-person proceedings. Now, a year and a half later, it has become clear that Zoom proceedings are likely here to stay in at least some sort of capacity. When you…
Wisconsin state statute 944.16 classifies adultery as a Class I felony.
However, this law is not typically utilized. It conflicts with other statements in Wisconsin law, such as the fact that Wisconsin is a no-fault divorce state. Wisconsin law…
