The executive director of the Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin recently wrote an opinion piece for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in which he urged residents of Milwaukee and other Wisconsin cities to consider a means of separating to which they may not have previously given much thought — collaborative divorce. While there are benefits to […]
Some divorce experts say that divorce is harder on women than it is on men — not necessarily on an emotional or physical level, but in a financial sense. This is something people, not only those in Milwaukee but everywhere, need to factor into their plans if they decided to end their relationships. According to […]
As we have reported before, the divorce rate among those over 50 is moving up as divorces overall are holding steady. Those numbers seem to disprove the conventional wisdom people in Milwaukee have that divorce is only for young people who rushed into ill-advised unions. That people over 50 are splitting up in eye-catching numbers, […]
The reasons behind a divorce are often private (as they should be, since is a deeply personal decision). This is not usually how it goes with celebrities, however, since people are so interested in every detail of their lives. But the case of popular crime novelist Elmore Leonard bucks that trend. Reporters in his native Detroit only […]
Many Milwaukee residents probably know J. Crew, the clothing company beloved by Michelle Obama and other clotheshorses. If so, they are probably familiar with the face of J. Crew, Jenna Lyons. J. Crew has made Lyons, its president and creative director, a prominent fixture of its marketing campaigns. She usually appears in advertisements with her […]
People in Milwaukee have no doubt heard others make the argument that it is too easy to get a divorce these days. However, it is equally certain that there are those in Milwaukee who know — either from personal experience or from knowing others who have divorced — that in some relationships, the best thing […]
Milwaukee music fans, take note: after 27 years together, the cofounders of the iconic 1990s band Sonic Youth are getting a divorce. Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore have been called “indie rock’s ‘It’ couple.” Together, they founded one of the most respected punk bands of the last decade and had a solid 15-year career of […]
Milwaukee residents who own businesses may have a little hesitancy about getting married. These business owners love their soon-to-be-spouses, of course, but they do not want to risk the health of the businesses they have worked so hard to establish in the event that they are to divorce. One good way that some business owners […]
Wisconsin is like all other states in that it has a few general requirements for adults entering into marriage. First, each has to be over the age of 18, must be able to consent, must be capable of sexual intercourse and must not be a party to an undissolved marriage. That last part means a […]
Thanks for checking back in on our divorce and family law blog. In this day and age, many people in and around Milwaukee are facing very important issues regarding things like divorce, child support, child custody and spousal maintenance. It is important to be informed about these social factors, so hopefully this blog proves to […]
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