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- Practice Guidelines for GALs in Family Court: The importance of the GAL cannot be overstated. Much thanks is due to the members of the GAL committee, the board of directors and to all lawyers who undertake this task. We hope that these guidelines are of assistance in the performance of their duties.
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- A Gift to Your Family: Advance Directives: An advance directive is a written instruction that you make while you are mentally competent that states how you want your health care decisions to be made if you become incapacitated or cannot express your wishes. Advance directives guide your physician and other health care professionals, and relieve your family and friends from the burden of guessing what types of care and treatment you would want to receive.
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- Abortion Law Homepage: This site provides background information on abortion law in the United States. The primary material is full-text case law, but the site also explains related concepts, such as "privacy."
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- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Wisconsin Chapter): The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Wisconsin Chapter was founded to bring together the Badger State's top attorneys in the fields of matrimonial law, including divorce, prenuptial agreements, legal separation, annulment, custody, property valuation, support and the rights of unmarried cohabitors.
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- Answering Your Questions about AIDS/HIV and Family Law: Family law involves a variety of issues that affect you and your family, including but not limited to divorce, guardianship and children's issues. Persons living with HIV should be aware of family planning options available to them and the role that HIV may play in these matters.
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- Answering Your Questions about Child Support Tax Intercept Program: The Child Support Tax Intercept Program is a method of collecting past due child support and maintenance from tax refunds or credits. A state is authorized to intercept or recover any refund or credit from state or federal taxes. That amount is applied to past due child support and maintenance. This collection method also is used for other types of debts.
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- Answering Your Questions about Custody & Placement: Society has created many laws regarding how children are to be respected and treated. Many laws are based on the assumption that children are healthiest and happiest when they have a good relationship with each parent. Therefore, when parents are getting a divorce or paternity judgment, the law requires that the court must provide when parents will be with their children and what decisions will be made by each parent.
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