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IN RE PATERNITY OF J.L.V.

No. 87-1646.

145 Wis.2d 308 (1988)

426 N.W.2d 112

IN RE the PATERNITY OF J.L.V.: J.W., f/k/a J.V., Petitioner-Respondent, v. M.W.G., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant there was a brief by Jeffrey C. Beinlich of McKay, Mohr & Beinlich, S.C., of Green Bay.

For the petitioner-respondent there was a brief by Dyann Hafner of Brill & Eustice, S.C., of Sun Prairie.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.

CANE, P.J.

The issue presented is whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to impose sanctions for contempt of court regarding a custodial parent's refusal to comply with visitation rights established in an earlier order. We conclude that jurisdiction existed and affirm.

J.L.V.'s mother filed two motions with the trial court on December 11, 1986. One was a motion for contempt. The other was a motion for expanded visitation. Both were on the...

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