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When Ken Altschuler asked me to start a wine column for his newsletter, he gave me no directions other than “be entertaining and maybe a little educational.” Taking that instruction, I add o... Read more
In the absence of a successful challenge directed at the paternity acknowledgment, the act had the effect of establishing father's legal paternity even with the negative result in the patern... Read more
This case raises a question of first impression: whether child support arrearages belong to a criminal defendant such that they may be assigned to a victim by a restitution order while the d... Read more
Swaney v. Wyoming Department of Family Services: The father was found to be entitled to credit on child support arrearages accrued as of date of disability. Read more
McReath v. McReath: A circuit court shall include the value of the salable professional goodwill when it is developed during the marriage. Read more
Trial court was authorized to use nunc pro tunc order to backdate entry of divorce decree, after husband and wife, who had remarried and filed subsequent action for divorce, learned that fin... Read more
In re Mullen: The mother's conduct did not create an agreement to grant former domestic partner permanent shared legal custody of her child. Read more
Dougan v. Dougan: Doctrine of judicial estoppel barred ex‑husband from claiming that interest provision in the judgment of dissolution was unenforceable. Read more
Husband appeals from the judgment of the trial court with respect to the court’s financial orders. On appeal, he claims that the court abused its discretion by (1) awarding wife alimony paym... Read more
The unthinkable happens -- parents are splitting; the family must deal with the emotions and trauma of one household becoming two, two incomes becoming one, and often the more frequent absen... Read more
