IN RE MARRIAGE OF JOHNSON v. JOHNSON

No. 94-3425.

199 Wis.2d 367 (1996)

545 N.W.2d 239

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF: Patricia Ann JOHNSON, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Bruce Hinton JOHNSON, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael S. Heffernan of Foley & Lardner of Madison.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Lee F. Clavey and Amy L. Shapiro of Calvey, Lara & Shapiro, S.C. of Milwaukee.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Nettesheim, JJ.


NETTESHEIM, J.

In this divorce case, Bruce Hinton Johnson contends that the family court erred by: (1) allowing Bruce's counsel to withdraw from the case six days before the trial; (2) precluding him from presenting all his evidence; and (3) awarding $35,000 in "overtrial" attorney's fees to his former spouse, Patricia Ann Johnson.

We conclude that Bruce was given reasonable advance notice of his counsel's intention to withdraw and that he was not precluded...

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