IN RE MARRIAGE OF FALK v. FALK

No. 90-0705-FT.

158 Wis.2d 184 (1990)

462 N.W.2d 547

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF: Robert P. FALK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. JoEllen FALK, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Cindra R. Carson of Hertel, Carson, White, Schilling & Barr, S.C. of Eau Claire.

On behalf of the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James R. Duchemin of Herrick, Hart, Duchemin, Danielson & Guettinger, S.C. of Eau Claire.

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


MYSE, J.

Robert Falk appeals an order dismissing his motion to terminate maintenance payments previously ordered in a judgment of divorce.1 Robert contends that the remarriage of his former wife, JoEllen Falk, terminated his obligation to pay maintenance and that the court erred by concluding that a void remarriage did not terminate maintenance. Because we conclude that a remarriage, even though unlawful in Wisconsin, is sufficient to...

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