Books Unbound Library Collection: Family Law

Now you can have all the State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE® Books Unbound™ family law titles in one focused online library. Whether you’re a seasoned family law practitioner, learning the fundamentals, or in need of a refresher, this extensive collection of resources is designed to help you tackle family law issues effectively and efficiently.

Experience online access to a diverse range of titles covering everything from divorce and child custody to spousal support and domestic abuse, written by experienced Wisconsin lawyers and judges. The Books Unbound Family Law Library gives you with the information and expertise you need to navigate family law, ensuring you’re well-prepared to address the unique legal issues arising in households and families.

Explore the titles included in the library:

Family Law in Wisconsin: A Forms and Procedures Handbook

Streamline your family law practice with Family Law in Wisconsin: A Forms and Procedures Handbook. From initial client meetings to post-judgment matters such as revisions of child support and maintenance and appeals, the Handbook provides a step-by-step guide to the procedures that are required in most divorce actions. It also equips you to handle special situations such as tax consequences, retirement benefits, valuation of business interests, domestic abuse, and more.

Family Law Casenotes and Quotes

This ultimate case law research tool for Wisconsin family law attorneys and judges features three volumes of family law cases published since 1977, tackling topics from abduction to paternity to visitation (and everything in between). Each entry provides the full details of the case, a concise statement of the relevant facts and procedural posture, bolded terms to highlight crucial topics, and important quotations with pinpoint citations. The book is regularly updated, ensuring you stay current with access to the most recent decisions. Comprehensive, concise, and convenient – Family Law Casenotes and Quotes puts decades of essential information at your fingertips.

Wisconsin Judicial Benchbook Vol. III: Family

Let some of Wisconsin’s most respected judges and court commissioners guide you through your next family law case with the Family Law Benchbook. It’s the same resource judges use to evaluate your case with guidance on the most essential family law issues, citations to the most relevant cases and statutes. It also includes quick access to a variety of resources such as child support calculation tables, model QDRO language, timetables for child support enforcement review hearings, and much more. Whether you’re new to family law or a seasoned veteran, you can rely on the Family Law Benchbook.

The Guardian ad Litem Handbook

Whether you’re looking for guidance on the basics of serving as guardian ad litem, or you need in-depth help with more complex issues, you’ll find it in The Guardian ad Litem Handbook. Wisconsin’s most comprehensive guide for GALs, it’s packed with step-by-step instructions and guidelines to help you understand the nature of GAL work and the range of roles GALs perform. It includes detailed instructions for handling various types of procedures as a GAL, as well as helpful techniques for GALs to use when conducting client interviews. Confidently handle both the procedural and personal sides of your next GAL case with guidance from The Guardian ad Litem Handbook.

Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook

Wisconsin Juvenile Law covers the provisions of both Wisconsin's Juvenile Justice Code (chapter 938) and the Children's Code (chapter 48). You’ll find detailed and practical explanations of the key aspects of delinquency, CHIPS, JIPS, and UCHIPS proceedings, including the rights of the parties, the intake process, the filing of a petition, waiver of a juvenile into adult court, discovery, plea hearings, fact-finding hearings, dispositional hearings, and appeals. It also includes discussions of the termination of parental rights and parental consent for abortions.

Wisconsin Judicial Benchbook Vol. IV: Juvenile

Confidently address issues unique to children and juveniles with the Wisconsin Judicial Benchbook: Juvenile. Its clear outlines and step-by-step guidance will help you successfully navigate the complex system and special considerations associated with juvenile law — just as it helps the judges you’re appearing before. Know where your case is going and understand what to do at each stage of the proceedings with the Benchbook’s specialized insights. It also makes a great companion to the Wisconsin Juvenile Law Handbook.

Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption

Termination of parental rights and the placement of children for adoption requires experience, meticulous attention to detail, and compassion on the part of all professionals involved. It also requires asking the right questions, so feelings are protected, and rights are made clear. You’ll find helpful overviews of relevant laws and procedures, hearing scripts, and tools to help guide clients through the process. Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption has all the tools to make you successful and ease your clients through this emotional process.

Advising the Evolving Family

As the societal concept of family evolves, you’re likely to have more clients in need of specialized legal counsel. Advising the Evolving Family provides up-to-date guidance on finances, housing, child custody, employment benefits, and estate planning for unmarried couples and LGBTQ+ families. Help your clients make informed decisions related to:

• Adoption and assisted-reproductive technologies
• Parental rights protection for LGBTQ+ parents
• Asset division in unmarried cohabitation relationships
• Watts claims against a former partner for unjust enrichment
• Estate planning for unmarried partners