The August 2026 supplement includes

• New casenotes for recent Wisconsin appellate court opinions, addressing topics such as marital settlement agreements, property division, modification of maintenance, and contempt
• Revised casenotes that reflect updated citation information
• Updated index and tables incorporating the new and revised casenotes

The September 2025 supplement includes

• New casenotes for recent Wisconsin appellate court opinions, addressing topics such as finality of judgments (for the purpose of appeal), contempt, and motions
• Revised casenotes that reflect updated citation information
• The addition of the full text of a recent federal bankruptcy court decision of interest to family law attorneys
• Updated index and tables incorporating the new and revised casenotes

In addition, the supplement adds a new fourth binder to accommodate the pages in the current book. The supplement includes a new Summary of Contents, to be inserted in each binder, as another tool to help readers locate cases in the appropriate volumes more quickly.

The January 2025 supplement includes:

• New casenotes for recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinions, addressing topics such as contempt, appellate jurisdiction, maintenance, property division, and child support
• Revised casenotes that reflect updated citation information and modified subject terms

The March 2024 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

• New casenotes for Wisconsin Court of Appeals decisions, addressing topics such as de novo hearings and contempt
• The reprinted text of redlined rules changes affecting Wisconsin’s child support guidelines, amended as part of a federally mandated quadrennial review, effective January 1, 2024
• Revised casenotes that include new editors’ notes pertaining to developments in the newly amended child support guidelines

The January 2023 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

• Three new casenotes for Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinions that addressed topics such as modification of physical placement, marital settlement agreements, and property division
• A new casenote for a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act
• Several revised casenotes that update citations and add notes about recently enacted legislation relating to initial orders entered before judgment, the temporary delegation of custodial responsibility by a servicemember parent, and de novo review

In addition, the index and tables have been updated to incorporate the new and revised casenotes.

The March 2022 revision includes a number of changes such as:

· The addition of casenotes for recently issued Wisconsin appellate court decisions, addressing topics such as custody and physical placement, contempt, maintenance, and attorney fees

· Dozens of revised casenotes, updated to incorporate subsequent history and new case reporter information, and modified to improve the consistency and accessibility of indexed subject terms

· Updated Editors’ Notes, reflecting recent amendments to cited Wisconsin Statutes and Wisconsin Administrative Code provisions

In addition, the index and tables have been updated to incorporate the new and revised casenotes.

The July 2021 supplement strong>includes a number of changes such as:

• A new casenote for a Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion, reversing a Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision, which analyzed the application of a statute of repose to a motion for contempt stemming from an underlying divorce judgment entered more than 20 years earlier
• Four new Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinions, discussing topics such as property division, modification of child support, and contempt
• Six revised casenotes, updated to incorporate subsequent history and to reflect recent legislation that allows parties to stipulate to modifications of legal custody or physical placement “upon the occurrence of a specified future event”

In addition, the index and tables have been updated to incorporate the new and revised casenotes.

The January 2021 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

• Five casenotes for new Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinions, discussing topics such as the reopening of a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity; special concerns in cases involving an incarcerated parent; consideration of undistributed business income in determining child support; and contempt in cases involving grandparental visitation
• Five revised casenotes, updated to reflect subsequent history and to add newly available citation information

In addition, the index and tables have been updated to incorporate the new and revised casenotes.

The August 2020 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

• A casenote for a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion, arising out of a family law case, addressing an allegation of judicial bias
• A new casenote for a published Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision, analyzing the application of a statute of repose to a motion for contempt stemming from an underlying divorce judgment entered more than 20 years earlier
• Three casenotes for additional Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinions, discussing topics such as modification of child custody and placement; earning capacity considerations in setting child support and maintenance; and the enforceability of a marital property agreement
• Four revised casenotes, updated to reflect subsequent history and to add newly available citation information

In addition, the index and tables have been updated to incorporate the new and revised casenotes.

The May 2020 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

• A new Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion discussing constructive trusts
• Three new Wisconsin Court of Appeals decisions addressing topics such as contempt, child support, and guardian ad litem fees
• A new U.S. Supreme Court opinion in a case involving an international child custody dispute
• The addition of the full text of two recent federal bankruptcy decisions of interest to family law attorneys

The supplement also includes revised opinions with updated notes explaining recent legislative amendments that concern the use of genetic testing in making paternity determinations.

Please note: No new casenotes were issued or revised since the July 2019 supplement,therefore, a third supplement was not issued in 2019.

The July 2019 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

• A new casenote for a Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion, issued in 2019, interpreting the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s grandparent visitation statute, and two revised casenotes with updated Editors’ Notes reflecting the prior cases’ modification and clarification by the supreme court’s 2019 opinion
• Five new casenotes for Wisconsin Court of Appeals decisions, addressing topics such as maintenance, property division, case-closure orders, constructive trusts, and judicial bias
• A reprint of a corrective amendment to the child support guidelines, effective July 1, 2019

In addition, the index and tables have been updated to incorporate the new and revised casenotes.

The March 2019 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

• Three new casenotes for Wisconsin Court of Appeals decisions, addressing topics such as modification of child support, competency of courts, and contempt
• Revised casenotes containing updated case-reporter citations and providing information about recent changes to child support guidelines in shared-placement cases
• A reprint of an amendment proposed by the Department of Children and Families to modify language in the child support guidelines rules changes that took effect in 2018

In addition, the index and tables have been updated to incorporate the new and revised casenotes.

The November 2018 supplement includes:

• Four new casenotes for Wisconsin Court of Appeals decisions addressing topics such as contempt, appointment of a parent coordinator, and claim preclusion
• A new casenote for a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving revocation of a life insurance beneficiary designation
• The reprinted text of redlined rules changes affecting child support guidelines in shared-placement cases as of July 1, 2018

In addition, the index and tables have been updated to incorporate the new and revised casenotes.