Opinion No. Oag 14-78, (1978)

E. WAYNE WORTH, District Attorney, Adams County

You requested my opinion on three questions regarding the extent to which the professional and business ties between a family court commissioner and his law partner or partners limit the ability of any such partners to participate in actions affecting marriage. The questions, which specifically concern the restrictions placed on them pursuant to sec. 247.16, Stats., are as follows: first, whether a law partner of the family court commissioner can serve as counsel in a divorce action when the family court commissioner is himself an active…