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In a recent decision, a father appealed from an order affirming the family court commissioner’s decision to impute about $13,400 in monthly income to him so that it could modify his Wisconsin child support obligation. The father appealed, arguing that the income had been imputed to him without enough evidence and that the court had mistakenly frustrated his efforts to give evidence about his and his former spouse’s incomes.

The couple petitioned for a legal separation in 2003. They entered a settlement agreement and the court adjudicated a legal separation. The couple had two minor children. The legal separation judgment was changed into a divorce judgment.

Multiple orders were made about the kids’ physical custody and placement. The state was worried that their basic needs weren’t met without public assistance and tried to modify the child support order. It asked that the lower court decide matters connected to their health care and insurance. The father stipulated to give them health insurance.

It can be important to hire an attorney to negotiate a marital settlement agreement in Milwaukee. The agreement will need to be approved by the court, and provisions about issues like child support need to be carefully considered in light of Wisconsin family law.

In a recent case, a couple was married in 1997 and divorced several years after. They had a two-year-old daughter when they divorced and their marital settlement agreement included child support provisions as well as Section 71 payments from the husband to the wife.

The marital settlement agreement asked that the court hold child support open and the couple agreed that if the court ordered child support, the recipient would need to return the whole amount of child support to the payer. The only payments that were supposed to be made between the couple were Section 71 payments and $200,000. Maintenance was otherwise waived.