1,172+ pp.; 11th ed. 2022-23
(Includes 2023-24 supplement)
2 volumes
Summary of Contents
Volume I
How to Use This Book
Guide to Book Forms
Book Forms Acknowledgments
Index to Book Forms
Office Master File
1 Quick Reference Guide to the Law
2 Divorce Procedure Outline
3 Representation and Fee Agreements
4 Initial Interview and Fact Gathering
5 Starting the Action
6 Temporary Hearing
7 Discovery and Trial Preparation
8 Agreements and Stipulations
9 Trial
Volume II
10 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment
11 File Closing
12 Appeals
13 Postjudgment Actions and Support Enforcement
14A Tax Consequences
14B Retirement Benefits
14C Health Insurance Continuation and Conversion
14D Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Child Abuse
14E Valuation of Business Interests
14F Mediation
14G Marital Agreements
14H Impact of Bankruptcy on Divorce
14I Reconciliation Attempt
14J Collaborative Divorce
Form Title Index
Subject Index
The 2023–24 supplement includes a number of changes such as:
- Updates to Wisconsin’s child support guidelines, Wis. Admin. Code ch. DCF 150, that became effective on January 1, 2024
- Legislative amendments to Wis. Stat. § 905.03 regarding lawyer-client privilege in situations in which a client acts as a fiduciary
- Legislative amendments to Wis. Stat. § 766.58 regarding statutes of limitation for enforcement of provisions in marital property agreements
- Internal Revenue Service adjustments to the amounts of the maximum annual benefit and the total maximum annual contribution for defined-benefit plans for 2024
In addition, this supplement includes new information regarding digital property and classification by unilateral statement, as well as a new form letter to send to clients to assist them in the annual exchange of financial information with an ex-spouse following a divorce that involves child support or maintenance payments.
The 2022–23 revision includes a number of changes such as:
- Amendments to portions of SCR 20:1.15 governing client trust accounts and electronic transactions that will become effective on July 1, 2023
- Chapter 14F (formerly Mediation, now Mediation and Arbitration) has been rewritten and now includes information about various forms of mediation, details about arbitration and hybrid mediation-arbitration, and two new forms
- A 2022 Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion discussing when a party who committed battery or abuse “has successfully completed treatment for batterers provided through a certified treatment program or by a certified treatment provider” under Wis. Stat. § 767.41(2)(d) for purposes of rebutting the presumption against the abuser being awarded any legal custody
- Electronic filing is scheduled to become mandatory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court on July 1, 2023
Various sections of the book have been reorganized and revised, and the forms have been reviewed and updated as needed to incorporate gender-neutral language, legal updates, and clarifications.
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