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2010
Special Committee on Review of Spousal Maintenance Awards in Divorce Proceedings
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Report to the Legislature
Report to the Legislature
2011 Assembly Bill 134
Results of the Joint Legislative Council Meeting
Results Letter
Recommendation to the Joint Legislative Council - May 4, 2011 Meeting
Proposed Report to the Legislature, No. 2011-06, Legislation on Review of Spousal Maintenance Awards in Divorce Proceedings (February 18, 2011).
LRB-1401/1, relating to termination of maintenance upon the payee's or payer's death and notices relating to maintenance.
Results of the January 24, 2011 Mail Ballot
Results Letter
Mail Ballot
WLC: 0006/1, relating to amount andduration of maintenance awards.
WLC: 0007/1, relating to when a maintenance award may be granted and the duration of such an award.
WLC: 0015/2, relating to duration of maintenance awards.
WLC: 0031/1, relating to termination of maintenance upon the payee’s or payer’s death and notices relating to maintenance.
WLC: 0040/1, relating to providing notice in a summons in certain actions affecting the family describing a court’s authority to grant a maintenance award.
WLC: 0041/1, relating to prohibiting consideration of income of payee’s subsequent spouse, and permitting consideration of an inheritance received by a payee, for maintenance revision purposes.
WLC: 0083/1, relating to duration of maintenance awards.
WLC: 0084/1, relating to amount and duration of maintenance awards
WLC: 0085/1, relating to amount and duration of maintenance awards
WLC: 0086/1, relating to amount and duration of maintenance awards
WLC: 0093/1, relating to the effect of cohabitation on revision of a maintenance order in certain actions affecting the family.
December 8, 2010 Meeting [
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Memo No. 7, Summary List of Bill Drafts (December 2, 2010).
WLC: 0006/1, relating to.
WLC: 0007/1, relating to when a maintenance award may be granted and the duration of such an award.
WLC: 0015/1, relating to amount and duration of maintenance awards.
WLC: 0016/1, relating to prohibiting certain individuals from receiving maintenance where there is evidence of domestic abuse.
WLC: 0030/1, relating to eliminating maintenance awards in actions affecting the family.
WLC: 0031/1, relating to termination of maintenance upon the payee’s or payer’s death and notices relating to maintenance.
WLC: 0039/1, relating to termination of maintenance upon cohabitation of the payee.
WLC: 0040/1, relating to providing notice in a summons in certain actions affecting the family describing a court’s authority to grant a maintenance award.
WLC: 0041/1, relating to prohibiting consideration of income of payee’s subsequent spouse, and permitting consideration of an inheritance received by a payee, for maintenance revision purposes.
Memorandum, submitted by Public Member Michael Bruch (December 7, 2010).
October 14, 2010 Meeting [
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Memo No. 3, Suggested Options, to Date, for Revising Wisconsin’s Spousal Maintenance Laws (October 7, 2010).
Enclosure 1
Enclosure 2
Memo No. 4, Brief Review of Wisconsin’s Laws Regarding Modification of Maintenance Awards and Calculating Child Support (October 7, 2010).
Memo No. 5, Background on History of No-Fault Divorce Law in Wisconsin (October 7, 2010).
Enclosure No. 2
Memo No. 6, Excerpts Regarding Studies Relating to Maintenance in Divorce Cases, Including Pro Se Divorce Cases (October 7, 2010).
August 24, 2010 Meeting [
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Memo No. 1, Current Wisconsin Law Relating to Spousal Maintenance (August 17, 2010).
Enclosure, 2007 Assembly Bill 9.
Memo No. 2., Background on Law Relating to Maintenance Payments (Alimony; Spousal Support) in the United States; Overview of Maintenance Payment Laws and Proposals in the 50 States (August 17, 2010).
Enclosure 1, Alimony: Proposed Amendments to Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
Enclosure 2, The New Art of Alimony.
Enclosure 3, excerpt: Anti-Cohabitation Statutes in Other States.
Chart, Family Law Quarterly, Volume 43, Number 4, p. 972 Winter 2010, indicating various factors (in the 50 states) that the court may or must take into account in determining maintenance awards.
Excerpt, relating to the history of divorce and spousal support law (maintenance law), Spousal Support Disorder: An Overview of Problems in Current Alimony Law, from Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 33:501, pp. 503-513.