IN RE MARRIAGE OF WOOD v. DEHAHN

No. 96-3642.

214 Wis.2d 221 (1997)

571 N.W.2d 186

IN RE the MARRIAGE OF: Michelle WOOD, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Phillip J. DEHAHN, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Giulio Fornary of Fornary & Fornary of Racine.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Debra J. Patterson of Kasen and Patterson, S.C. of Wauwatosa.

Before Brown, Nettesheim and Anderson, JJ.


BROWN, J.

Phillip J. DeHahn, a practicing Mormon, appeals the trial court's order denying his request to restrict his former wife, Michelle Wood, a Catholic, from taking their children to Catholic services on Christmas, Easter and Mother's Day. DeHahn notes that our statutes give him, as legal custodian of the children, the right to make all major decisions concerning the children's upbringing, including religion. He further notes that the statutes require the noncustodial...

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