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PUCHNER v. KRUZIKI

No. 96-1731.

111 F.3d 541 (1997)

John D. PUCHNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William KRUZIKI, Waukesha County Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee, and Anne C. Hepperla, formerly known as Anne C. Puchner, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Hayes (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Steven R. Schmitz (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Waukesha, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Bruce C. O'Neill, Fox, Carpenter, O'Neill & Shannon, Milwaukee, WI, for Intervenor.

Before CUMMINGS, RIPPLE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Normally, the federal courts do not become involved in child support disputes, as this is one of the matters most clearly allocated to the state courts in our federal system. In this case, however, John Puchner's failure to honor a child support agreement with his ex-wife, Anne Hepperla, became a federal case when he sought a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his incarceration pursuant to a contempt order entered...

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