Court Opinion

ID: 9672661
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:58:36.608916+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:30:29.916148
License: Public Domain

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE
¶ 44. (concurring). I join the majority opinion. I write merely to observe that while subsection (9) is the most directly applicable of the factors, further justification for the circuit court's award is found in subsection (10). Furthermore, in some cases, subsection (8) may be helpful.
¶ 45. Under subsection (10) a circuit court may consider "[s]uch other factors as the court may in each individual case determine to be relevant." This broad "catchall" provision exemplifies the flexibility that a circuit court has in crafting a fair and equitable remedy. Like subsection (9), the catchall contains no language limiting its scope to the marital period.
¶ 46. I am authorized to state that Justices WILLIAM A. BABLITCH and DAVID T. PROSSER join this concurrence.