Legal Opinion
In RE MARRIAGE OF KING v. King
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1999No. 97-0994PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtN. Patrick Crooks, J.
¶1. Sonia King filed a petition for review of that portion of an unpublished court of appeals decision 1 which reversed an order of the Waukesha County Circuit Court. In the order, the circuit court awarded maintenance to Sonia King in conjunction with her divorce from Christopher King. Because the circuit court incorrectly assumed that a spouse has a legal entitlement to maintenance and neglected to base its award on its findings with respect to the factors provided by Wis. Stat. § 767.26 (1997-98), 2 we conclude that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion in making the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hartung v. HartungWisconsin Supreme Court · 1981
- City of Waterloo v. SeldenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- City of Brookfield v. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage DistrictWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992
- Aiello v. Village of Pleasant PrairieWisconsin Supreme Court · 1996
- In Re Marriage of LaRocqueWisconsin Supreme Court · 1987
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. St. GeorgeWisconsin Supreme Court · 2002
- In RE MARRIAGE OF LEMERE v. LeMereWisconsin Supreme Court · 2003
- Braylon Seifert v. Kay M. Balink, M.D.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 2017
- Marriage of Rohde-Giovanni v. BaumgartWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
- Nugent v. SlaghtCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2001
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