Milwaukee Custody Lawyer

Child Custody Attorney Serving Milwaukee, Wisconsin

If you need legal assistance with a child custody matter in the Milwaukee area, please contact me at my firm to discuss your situation. As a Milwaukee custody attorney, I can provide the legal guidance you need to handle and resolve any issue relating to this matter. I understand the often contentious and difficult issue child custody can pose in any potential or completed divorce and will do everything I can to help you come to workable arrangements and terms.

Child Custody in Wisconsin

Child custody is one of the most important issues involved in any divorce. For couples going through a divorce, it will have to be determined who is to have physical custody of children or if custody will be joint. In custody cases, two issues need to be resolved, which are physical custody or placement and legal custody. Legal custody refers to a parent's right to make decisions about the welfare and well-being of a child, including health or medical decisions, education, religious, and other matters involving the child's upbringing. Unless there is some reason why a parent should not have legal custody, such as in matters of domestic violence, child abuse or neglect, or substance abuse on the part of the parent, the court will usually give legal custody to both parents.

Physical custody or placement refers to where and with whom the child will mainly live. The issue of child custody will be decided temporarily while the divorce is in process. When the divorce is final, the court order in regards to child placement and legal custody will remain in effect for two years unless there is a dramatic change in circumstances that will affect the child.

As in any legal matter, it is important to have qualified help in resolving them. As a Milwaukee custody attorney, I am committed to assisting my clients with child custody issues. I serve the greater Milwaukee area as well as the counties of Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, Walworth, Jefferson, Dane, and Ozaukee.