admin The decision to file for divorce is a difficult one. An alternative to divorce is legal separation, which sometimes provides an easier transition into the divorce process or is an appropriate marital status in and of itself. Parties sometimes file for legal separation for the following reasons: 1. The desire to separate financial matters, while … Read more
Whatever you place on social media is generally fair game for your spouse and his or her attorneys to include in any trial evidence. While your Facebook information may be funny and outrageous to your friends and family, a totally different spin can be placed on the same information by your spouse or the court. Act under … Read more
When an obligation was incurred before entry on active duty, the interest rate goes down to 6%, unless the creditor (bank, finance company, credit card issuer, etc.) can prove in court that the member’s ability to pay was not materially affected by military service. The term “interest” includes service charges. The new Act clarifies the … Read more
If a parent is receiving social security retirement or disability payments, the children should also receive social security benefits directly. Wisconsin addresses this situation. DCF 150.03(5) provides as follows:“ADJUSTMENT FOR CHILD’S SOCIAL SECURITY. The court may include benefits received by a child under 42 USC 402(d) based on a parent’s entitlement to federal disability or … Read more
Some people mistakenly believe that once the Judgment of Divorce is entered there are no further steps to take post-divorce. That is not true. After your divorce is finalized, make sure you take the following steps to complete the divorce process. Divorce Attorney Linda S. Vanden Heuvel provides this post-divorce checklist to guide you: Addressing the items … Read more
When clients ask me about physical placement of their children, each client’s situation must be considered and weighed on an individual basis. What works for one family does not necessarily work for another. It is very important to find an attorney who is familiar with not only the laws of the State of Wisconsin regarding custody and … Read more
Two out of three college students graduate with student loans averaging $23,000.00. The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act gives student-borrowers new options in loan repayment. The Act expands the income-based repayment plan for Federal student loans. Under this new law, students enrolling in college in 2014 or after have the following student loan options: In … Read more
Attorney Linda S. Vanden Heuvel of Vanden Heuvel & Dineen, S.C. published Divorce in Wisconsin this month. The book is a practical question-and-answer guide to day-to-day divorce issues. Attorney Vanden Heuvel, a top-rated Wisconsin divorce attorney, and family law attorney wrote the book as a guide for clients who do not understand the divorce process. Divorce impacts not only … Read more
A Psychiatrist is a medically-trained practitioner who completes the requirements for an M.D. and who typically uses medicine to target physiological change as a first-line of treatment for behavioral/psychological problems. Training involves 4-years of medical school followed by 3-4 year residency. The majority of training involves assessment, diagnosis, and treatment using a biological medical model … Read more
Yesterday the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear a petition brought by a same-sex couple seeking to strike down the State’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. A separate Federal lawsuit filed by eight same-sex couples remains pending in the Western District of Wisconsin in Madison. Nineteen states now allow same-sex marriage. These states include: Every … Read more