State Ex Rel. Jeske v. Jeske

The issue in this case is whether the state of Wisconsin, by the Price county child support agency, has the authority to represent a custodial parent and her child by bringing a motion on their behalf to modify a previously entered child support order when neither the custodial parent nor the minor child receive public assistance and when the noncustodial parent is not in arrears in his child support obligations. We conclude that in this case the state may do so.

The dispute in this case arises from the fact that Laurie Jeske (now known as Laurie Wagner) and her child were represented by the…