In Re Marriage of Lofthus

Cite

2004 WI App 65, 270 Wis. 2d 515, 678 N.W.2d 393 (2004)

Summary

Parents do not have a fundamental right to equal placement after divorce – state’s regulation of post-divorce custody disputes is constitutional.  Here, court appropriately exercised discretion when it failed to find a substantial change in circumstances even where children are older, he lives closer, new half-sister, child struggling in school, etc.

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