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Enter the name of the
county in which you are
filing this case.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT,
COUNTY
Enter your name (you are
the petitioner ).
IN RE : THE MARRIAGE OF
Petitioner
Name (First, Middle and Last)
Address
Address
City State Zip
and
Enter your address.
On the far right, check
divorce or legal
separation.
Amended
Petition
With Minor Children
Divorce -40101
Legal Separation -40201
Case No.
Enter the respondent’s
name (the other party is
the respondent) .
Respondent
Name (First, Middle and Last)
Address
Address
City State Zip
Enter the respondent ’s
address.
Note: Leave case number
blank; the clerk will add
this.
I am the petitioner in this action.
In A.1, enter your
date of birth [month,
day, year].
A. I am providing the following information about myself:
1. Date of birth .
2. Immediately before filing this petition, I will have lived in this county for 30 days or more.
Yes No
For 2, 3 , 4, and 5
check yes or no.
3. Immediately before filing this petition, I will have lived in the state of Wisconsin for 6 months
or more.
Yes No
For 4, check yes or no. 4. I am currently on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States of
America or its allies.
Yes No
For 5, check yes or no. 5. I am currently pregnant.
Yes No
In B.1, enter
respondent ’s date of birth [month, day, year].
B. I am providing the following in formation about the respondent :
1. Date of birth .
For 2, 3 , 4, and 5 ,
check yes or no.
2. Immediately before filing this petition, the respondent will have lived in this county for
30 days or more.
Yes No
3. Immediately before filing this petition, the respondent will have lived in the state of
Wisconsin for 6 months or more.
Yes No
4. The respondent is currently on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the
United States of America or its allies.
Yes No
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For 5, check yes or
no.
5. The respondent is currently pregnant.
Yes No In C.1 and 2, enter the date [month, day,
year], city, and state in which you were married.
C. I am providing the following marriage information:
1. The respondent and I were married on [Date] .
2. We were married in [City] [State] .
3. I am filing for
a. Divorce. This marriage is irretrievably broken.
b. Legal Separation . This marriage is broken and the reason I am requesting a legal
separation and not a divorce is .
In 4, check a or b. If b,
enter the county and
state in which it was
filed, the case number
assigned to it, and
check yes or no to
indicate if the case has
been dismissed.
4. Previous Actions
This is the first time that either party have filed for divorce or legal separation from each
other in W isconsin or in any other state:
a. Yes
b. No: County
State
Case No.
Has this case been dismissed? Yes No
5. This is my first marriage. Yes No
In 5, check yes or no. If no, respond to
5a-5d with information about your most recent
previous marriage.
a. I was previously married to
b. The marriage was terminated by divorce. death.
c. Date of the divorce or death
d. The divorce was granted in:
Name of court
City State
e. I was also previously married to
f. The marriage was terminated by divorce. death.
g. Date of the divorce or death
If you had an
additional previous
marriage, respond to
5e-5h.
h. The divorce was granted in:
Name of court
City State
If you had more than 2 previous marriages, repeat 5e -5h on an additional sheet.
In 6, check yes or no.
If no, respond to 6a -
6d with information
about the
respondent ’s most
recent previous
marriage, if known.
6. This is the respondent’s first marriage. Yes No
a. The respondent was previously married to
b. The marriage was terminated by divorce. death.
c. Date of the divorce or death
d. The divorce was granted in:
Name of court
City State
If the respondent had
an additional previous
marriage, respond to
6e-6h.
e. The respondent was also previously married to
f. The marriage was terminated by: divorce. death.
g. Date of the divorce or death
h. The divorce was granted in
Name of court
City State
If the respondent had more than 2 previous marriages, repeat 6e -6h on an additional
sheet.
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In D.1, enter the name
and date of birth [month, day, year] for each minor child. If
there are no other kids, check None.
D. I am providing the following information regarding children:
1. Minor Children that we have together
a. The minor children (age 17 or younger) of me and the respondent (born or
adopted) before or during our marriage are
b. None.
Name of Minor Child Date of Birth
In 2, enter the name and date of birth
[month, day, year] for each adult child. If you and the
respondent do not have adult children together, check None.
2. Adult Children that we have together
a. The adult children (age 18 or older) of me and the respondent (born or adopted)
before or during our marriage are
b. None.
Name of Adult Child Date of Birth
In 3, enter the name and date of birth [month, day, year] for each other child and indicate the parent . If you and the respondent do not have other children , check None.
3. Other Children
a. Other children born or adopted during this marriage by either party .
b. None.
Name of Child Date of Birth Parent
Check if paternity has been established. Has paternity been established? No
Yes County Case No. :
In 4, check yes or no.
4. Have the minor children lived in Wisconsin 6 months or more with at least one of the
parents? Yes No
In 5, enter the current address for the minor children.
5. The current address of the minor child (ren ) is/are
Address
Address
City State Zip
In 6 , enter any
previous addresses for the minor children living with
the parents during the past 5 years. If none check “none.”
6. Previous addresses for the minor child (ren ) is/ are
None (the children have lived at the current address for the last five years) .
Address
Address
City State Zip
Address
Address
City State Zip
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In 7, check yes or no. If the children have lived in more than 2 places over the past 5 years, provide those addresses on an additional sheet. If yes, enter the name of that minor child and the name and address of the person with whom that child lived.
7. Currently, or during the last 5 years, one or more of the minor children lived with a person
other than a parent.
Yes No
Child
Person
Address
Address
City, State, Zip
Attach an additional
sheet, if necessary.
Child
Person
Address
Address
City, State, Zip
Child
Person
Address
Address
City, State, Zip
In 8 , check a or b.
8. I personally have been (or I am aware of others who have been) a party, witness or participated in
another way in other past court proceedings concerning the paternity, custody of or
physical placement or visitation with the minor children listed in D1 or D3 , in W isconsin or
in any other state. If a, enter the name of the court in which it was ordered, the case number assigned to it, and date it was ordered.
a. Yes and the paternity, custody, physical placement, or visitation order was granted in:
Name of court
Case Num ber Date
b. No.
In 9 , check a or b.
9. I am aware of a proceeding that could affect the current proceeding, including proceedings
for enforcement and proceedings related to domestic violence, protective orders,
termination of parental rights, or adoption concerning the children listed in D1 or D3 , in
Wisconsin or any other state. If a, enter the name of the court, the case number assigned to it, and the nature of the proceeding.
a. Yes, and the proceeding that could affect the current proceeding is in:
Name of court
Case Number
Nature of Proceeding
b. No.
In 10 , check a o r b. If a, attach a copy of written agreement.
10 . The respondent and I have made written agreements or received orders from the court
about some or all of the matters in this action such as maintenance (spousal support) , child
support, legal custody or physical placement of the minor children, or property division.
a. Yes, and I have attached a copy of the written agreement to this Petition.
b. No
I ASK THE COURT TO G RANT A JUDGMENT AS R EQUESTED AND ENTER OTHER ORDERS
AS IT DEEMS JUST AND REASONABLE.
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ACTS PROHIBITED BY STATUTE
Neither party to this divorce or legal separation action can participate in any of the following activities while
this action is pending:
1. Harassing, intimidating, physically abusing or imposing any restraint on the personal liberty of the other
party or a minor child of either of the parties.
2. Encumbering, concealing, damaging, destroying, transferring, or in any other way disposing of property
owned by either or both of the parties, without the consent of the other party or an order of the court, except
in th e usual course of business, in order to secure necessities or in order to pay reasonable costs and
expenses of the action, including attorney fees.
3. Establishing a residence with a minor child of the parties outside the state of Wisconsin or more than 1 50
miles from the residence of the other party within the state without the consent of the other party or an order
of the court.
4. Removing a minor child of the parties from the state of Wisconsin for more than 90 consecutive days
without the consent of the other party or an order of the court.
5. Concealing a minor child of the parties from the other party without the consent of the other party or an
order of the court.
A VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE PROHIBITIONS MAY RESULT IN PUNISHMENT FOR
CONTEMPT, WHICH MAY INCLUDE MONETARY PENALTIES, IMPRISONMENT, AND
OTHER SANCTIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN §785.04 , WIS. STATS.
A violation of paragraphs 3, 4, or 5 above is not a contempt of co urt if the court finds that the action was
taken to protect a party or a minor child of the parties from physical abuse by the other party and that there
was no reasonable opportunity under the circumstances for the party to obtain an order authorizing the
action.
These PROHIBITIONS apply until the action is dismissed, a final judgment in the action is entered, or the
court orders otherwise.
STOP!
Take this document to a Notary Public BEFORE you sign it.
After you have been sworn
by a Notary Public, sign
and print your name and
date the document in front
of the Notary Public.
Signature
Print or Type Name
Date
Have the Notary Public
sign, date, and seal the
document.
State of
County of
Subscribed and sworn to before me on
Notary Public/Court Official
Name Printed or Typed
My commission/term expires:
(SEAL)
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Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
Child Support Percentage of Income Standards
Authority and Purpose
§49.22(9) , Wis. Stats. requires the Department to adopt and publish a standard, based upon a percentage
of the gross income and assets of either or both parents, to be used by courts in de termining child support
obligations. Chapter D CF 150 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code establishes Wisconsin's percentage
of income standard for child support. It is based upon the principle that the child's standard of living
should, to the degree poss ible, be the same as if the child's parents were living together.
Chapter DCF 150 defines the income upon which the support obligation is based, and sets the percentages
of income for computing the support obligation based upon a number of children. It al so explains optional
procedures for adjusting the obligation when the parents share placement, when the parent has an
obligation to support another family, or when the payer has particularly high or low income.
Applicability
The percentage standard applies to any temporary and final order for child support, including child
support stipulations agreed to by both parents and modifications of existing child support orders. When
used to calculate family support, the amount determined under the standard s hould be increased by the
amount necessary to provide a net family support payment, after state and federal income taxes are paid,
of at least the amount of a child support payment under the standard.
Defin ition of Income a nd Assets
Chapter DCF 150 defines gross income as income from any source, whether or not it is reported or taxed
under federal law. The income can be in the form of money, property, or services. Public assistance or
child support received from previous marriages or business expense s, which the court determines are
reasonably necessary for the production of income or operation of a business are subtracted, and wages
paid to dependent household member are added to determine "gross income available for child support."
The court may al so determine that income may be "imputed" (assumed at a given level) based on earning
capacity and/or assets, and that imputed income is added to the gross income for the calculation of the
support obligation.
THE PERCENTAGE STANDARD
The percentages are: 17% for one child
25% for two children
29% for three children
31% for four children
34% for five or more children
Wisconsin Statutes require temporary and final support orders to be expressed as fixed sum in most situations.
For further details, refer to Chapter DCF 150 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Wisconsin Statute 767
Actions Affecting the Family. (Choose “Wisconsin Law” on http://www.legis.state.wi.us )
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Statutory Factors Courts May Consider In Determining Child Support Awards for
Paternity, Divorce, or Legal Separation
§767. 511 , Child Support .
(1 m) Upon request by a party, the court may modify the amount of child support payments det ermined
under §767 .511 (1j) if, after considering the following factors, the court finds by the greater weight of the
credible evidence that use of the percentage standard is unfair to the child or to any of the parties:
(a) The financial resources of the child.
(b) The financial resources of both parents .
(bj) Maintenance received by either party.
(bp) The needs of each party in order to support himself or herself at a level equal to or greater than that
established under 42 USC 9902 (2).
(bz) The needs of any person, other than the child, whom either party is legally obligated to support
(c) If the parties were married, the standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marriage not
ended in annulment, divorce or legal separation.
(d) The desirability that the custodian remain in the home as a full -time parent.
(e) The cost of day care if the custodian works outside the home, or the value of custodial services
performed by the custodian if the custodian remains in the home.
(ej) The award of substantial p eriods of physical placement to both parents.
(em) Extraordinary travel expenses incurred in exercising the right to periods of p hysical placement under
§767.41 .
(f) The physical, mental and emotional health needs of the child, including any costs for he alth
Insurance as provided for under sub. (4m).
(g) The child's educational needs.
(h) The tax consequences to each party.
(hm) The best interests of the child.
(hs) The earning capacity of each parent, based on each parent's education, training and w ork experience
and the availability of work in or near the parent's community.
(i) Any other factors which the court in each case determines are relevant.