The following
websites deal with a variety of topic areas specifically related to family and
matrimonial law. If you would like to add a site, please use of submission
form.
The Wisconsin Chapter of the AAML has been invited by the Court of Appeals to submit amicus briefs on family law appeals. Recently amicus briefs were accepted by the court in the cases linked below in PDF format.
Motte v. Motte
Appeal No. 2005AP2776, WI Court of Appeals District II
Paulhe v. Riley
Appeal No. 05-AP-2487, WI Court of Appeals District II
Vlies v. Brookman
Appeal No. 04-0315, WI Court of Appeals District II
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Wisconsin
Circuit Court Access
Provides public
access to Wisconsin Circuit Courts records in the Consolidated Court Automation
Programs (CCAP) which are open to public view under Wisconsin's Open Records law.
Wisconsin
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Case Access (WSCCA)
Site provides
public access to the status of appeals filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court
and the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Generally, the site includes appeals that
were considered "Open" from the end of 1993 forward.
Wisconsin
Counties Homepage Directory
This is area
of the Wisconsin Counties Association web site provides direct access to the websites
of select counties throughout the Badger State.
Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Site provides
searchable access to Wisconsin statutes, acts, constitution, administrative code
& register Supreme Court rules, Opinions of the Attorney General and town
law forms.
Family
Law Update
Free monthly
e-newsletter published by AAML Fellow Atty. Gregg Herman, which offers commentary
on Wisconsin specific family law topics, digests of family law cases around the
nation and commentary from accountants, psychologists and other professionals
related to family law issues.
Child
Support Reports & Resources
Site is maintained
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Administration for Children
and Families and posts forms, reports, publications, and other resources relevant
to child support issues.
Vital
Records Access
If you're looking
for vital records from any of the 50 states, you can gain quick access through
this site maintained by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
Wisconsin
Courts Web Site
Includes recent
published and unpublished decisions dating back to 1995 for both the Wisconsin
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
WisBar
The State Bar
of Wisconsin's website offers Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals decisions
from 1994-Present.
Findlaw
Truly the most
comprehensive source on the Internet for caselaw at the state and federal levels.
The Cases & Codes area gives visitors access Visitors can search the archive
of U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1893, and access state statutes,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the U.S. Code and plenty more.
State
Bar of Wisconsin
The State Bar's
website, WisBar, provides members with a wealth of practice resources and membership
information from CLE Books catalogs to the state's oldest archive of Wisconsin
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals caselaw. Content areas also include full-text
of Wisconsin Lawyer magazine, Capitol Update and Caselaw Express, a free e-mail
service which reports recent Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals posted
to the site.
ABA
Family Law Section
If you're a
member of the ABA's Family Law Section, your member login grants you access to
a variety of online materials not available to non members. Non-members, though,
are free to subscribe to a number of different family law list services hosted
by the section.
State
Bar of Wisconsin Family Law Section
Visit the Bar's
Family Law Section homepage and you'll find plenty of materials including back
issues of the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, reports & articles, financial
data for family lawyers and drafts of proposed legislation.
Wisconsin
Lawyer Magazine
It hits the
web weeks before your paper copy arrives, giving you a jump on the latest commentary,
news and happenings within the law and Wisconsin's legal community.
Wisconsin
Journal of Family Law Archive
Back issues
from January 1997 to January 2001 are posted on the State Bar of Wisconsin's Family
Law Section web site in Adobe Acrobat format.