HERNANDEZ v. ALLEN

No. 2004AP2696.

288 Wis.2d 111 (2005)

2005 WI App 247

707 N.W.2d 557

Tamara G. HERNANDEZ, p/k/a Tamara G. Allen, n/k/a Tamara G. Storm, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Randolph S. ALLEN, Respondent-Appellant, KENOSHA COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Randolph S. Allen, pro se.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Brenda J. Dahl, of Kenosha.

On behalf of the respondent, Kenosha County Child Support Agency, a brief was filed by Lori L. Redlin, and Jeffrey J. Witthun, of Kenosha.

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


¶ 1. NETTESHEIM, J.

The issue raised in this case is one of first impression in Wisconsin: whether an order for adoption extinguishes the former parent's support arrearage. Randolph S. Allen appeals pro se from an order finding that his child support arrearage, accrued prior to the adoption of his biological minor child, was not extinguished by the adoption. Randolph relies on WIS. STAT. § 48.92(2) (2003-04)

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