There is a provision in the Wisconsin State Statutes that provides that a person can lose their court ordered placement if they do not exercise it. You can file a Motion to modify the current Order to incorporate the status quo.

No. The first children born with a support order take priority.

If he mother is denying you contact with the children, you may file a motion for visitation pursuant to Wis. Stat. Sec. 767.43.

Yes, if the home is a marital asset, the equity is deemed to be equally divided, unless there is a prenuptial agreement in place providing otherwise.

You can file a petition for guardianship since she has left the child in your care for such a long time. She would have a right to visit with the child, but she would also have an obligation for payment of support.

If he was still legally married at the time you married him, your marriage is not valid. You will need an annulment.

It is not a matter of simply signing over one's rights. You and your fiance will need to first be married prior to his ability to adopt. Then, there would be a need for both of you to cooperate with a custody study with an adoption agency. Once that is completed, you would need to file a... View More

Whether you can be around the child would depend on the nature of your record of convictions and whether the Court and Guardian ad Litem believe that it would not be in the best interests of the children for you to have contact with them. More information would be needed to respond to this... View More

If they have guardiandship, the answer is yes, absent a court order.

Unless his parental rights are terminated in a Children's Court proceeding, he will still have a child support obligation. The child would need to be adopted by a step-parent. his parental rights can not be terminated by a family court action.

It depends on the State in which the child support Order was entered. Each State has different laws as to when a child is deemed emancipated. In Wisconsin, if she is married and pregnant, she is deemed emancipated. He would need to file a Motion to terminate the maintenance.

You can still file a Motion for Contempt and for repayment of arrears. The money is still owed to you, even if your daughter is emancipated.

If you have refinanced the mortgage in both of your names and made mortgage payments during the marriage, it has become a marital asset.

It is not necessary for you to be in the United States during a zoom hearing. You will simply need a reliable internet connection.

The father of your children is a serial payor. In Wisconsin, the older children in line have the first right to child support. The child support obligation for them is deducted from the father's gross monthly income as an adjusted gross for the amount of child support available for your... View More

You have a right to file a Motion for Modification of Placement because of a substantial change of circumstances.

Unless it is a paternity hearing, many of these hearings are public hearings. You can object to the people being in the courtroom, but it is within the discretion of the Commissioner to ban them. You could raise the issue that these people are likely to be called as witnesses at a trial and... View More

Both parents can sign a Stipulation and Order as to custody and placement, but it will need to be filed with the Court and the Order signed by the Commissioner or Judge before it is enforceable.

The State of residence.

Has the father been adjudicated the father or signed an acknowledgement of paternity if not married to the mother? If not, he needs to make CPS aware so he can be adjudicated and have legal standing in the proceedings.