1.27.040 Decree of Legal Separation; Findings Necessary

The Court shall enter a Decree of Legal Separation if it finds each of the following:

(a) That one of the parties at the time the action commenced was domiciled in Ashland County for a period of at least ninety days and a resident of the State of Wisconsin for six months.

(b) The marriage is irretrievably broken.

(c) The other party does not object to a decree of legal separation. If the other party objects to a decree of legal separation, the Court shall upon one of the parties meeting the required domicile for dissolution of marriage, direct that the pleadings be amended to seek a dissolution of the marriage.

(d) The Court may consider, approve or make provisions for child custody, the support of any natural or adopted child common to the parties of the marriage entitled to support, the maintenance of either spouse and the disposition of the property.