General Meetings

Our General Meetings allow members to meet and mingle with each other as well as to hear presentations from a variety of guest speakers who include prominent lawmakers, judges, court commissioners, and other people involved in the Family Law system.

 

Next General Meeting:
 
Wisconsin Fathers for Children and Families Annual Meeting
Monday 16 January 2012 7:00pm

 Coliseum Bar and Banquet 232 E. Olin Avenue Madison Wisconsin 608-251-2434

Election of Board Members 

  Guest Speakers will include our elected representatives from both the Senate and the Assembly

Senator Van Wanggaard and Representative Don Pridemore

The evening will begin with complementary hor's d'oeuvres and drinks at 6:30 pm.

 Use the Contact page to email for more information

 
 

Past Guest Speakers:

 Erica Christian from Cordell & Cordell - General Meeting 08/15/2011
 Legal Questions and Answers

Keith Wessel from Wessel, Lehker & Fumelle Inc - General Meeting 04/11/2011
 Legal Questions and Answers

 Representative Don Pridemore - Annual Meeting 01/10/2011
Equal Placement Bill

Representative Steve Kestell - Annual Meeting 01/10/2011
Move-Away Bill

Attorney Pam Lara J.D. 06/28/2010
Collaborative Divorce/Mediation

Attorney Erica Christian Cordell and Cordell 05/17/2010
Dad-Friendly Legal Firm/DadsDivorce.com

Representative Steve Kestell 11/05
Legislative update: AB400

Attorney Rex Anderegg 10/05
"Maximizing the amount of time the child may spend with each parent"
Audio-23MB in Windows Media Player format

Michael Gough 4/05 - Presentation on Electronic Communication

 Pat Brown 3/05 - From the Institute for Research on Poverty

 Representative Steve Kestell  9/04 - Topic: Working more effectively with the legislature.

 Representative Frank Lasee 10/03 - How to work with the legislature

 Judge James Welker 4/03 - Parenting Plans and Maximizing Placement, three years later

 Forum for Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidates - Judge Edward Brunner 3/03

 Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow
"How fathers and their extended families should make their case to elected officials."  10/02

 Bryan Holland: Report on the June, 2002 NCFM Conference - and Rally in Saint Paul, MNVideo and discussion  9/02

 

 Dr. Zeev Bar Av, Clinical and forensic psychologist  and 

Thomas O Connor, CICSW,    Clinical social worker at Madison Psychiatric Associates       5/01

"Making co-parenting work in high conflict families"

 

Senator Gary George 2/01 - Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee

"Legislative update regarding child custody, placement, and support issues"

 

Senator Chuck Chvala  11/00 - Majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate  "Legislative initiatives to promote responsible fatherhood."

 

Dr. Janell Allen  Family Court Counseling Service  9/00 - and Family Court Commissioner Dan Floeter  Dane County 

"The role of  family court counseling service and the court commissioner in resolving child custody and placement conflicts"

 

Judge Paul B. Higginbotham - 5/00 - Circuit Court-Dane County Impact of the new child custody and placement legislation

 Supreme Court Justice Diane Sykes -  2/00  - Candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court

 Mr. Gene Parks 11/99 - Gender Bias in the Family Court System

 Attorney Christopher Walther  9/99 - Impact of pending family law changes

 Judge Michael Sullivan and Family Court Commissioner Michael Bruch 6/99 - How Can Dads be Dads

Attorney Larry Kahn 3/99 -  Alternate Dispute Resolution

 Senator Gary George  1/99 - Shared Custody legislation

 Mr. Gene Kussart  12/98 - Governor's Wisconsin's Fatherhood Initiate Coordinator

  

If you need help, contact the Wisconsin Fathers Helpline 

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