SarahB: divorce has to be filed in the county that you reside in, since they both reside in Rock County.....
The Gazette makes in everyone's business by printing the article !

Jvl53547: Perhaps they filed for divorce in another part of the world. And is it really our business anyway? I hope not.

Stupid is, Stupid does... I can't imagine this guy being very well educated. I have seen so many professional actors give bad performances, but this guy was fooled by a professional police officer. Glad to have this guy off the streets. Hopefully he gets assigned to a prisoner work program where a weak mind and a strong back is all you need...

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If the police pursue adulters and the DA prosecutes them as felonies we will need to build quite a few additional prisons. It's immoral and I don't condone it but making it a felony is absurd and Wisconsin needs to get in line with the rest of the country and decrimalize it. What sense does it make to have a law that's never enforced and make felons of otherwise law abiding citizens?

The restraining order doesn't count.

So, if adultery is illegal in Wisconsin, can I go and have my ex-husband jailed? He left me in 2006 and the divorce was final in 2007. Is there a statute of limitations? How about if he committed another crime that he just got a restraining order for when he should have received much more? Thank you.

Okay - I corrected myself. Wisconsin has a law about it. wow.
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Wisconsin Laws On Adultery
Under Wisconsin law, if a married person has sexual intercourse with a person who is not his spouse, both parties commit the crime of adultery. Under Wisconsin law (WI Statute 944.16), adultery is a Class I felony.

The penalty for a Class I Felony is a fine of up to $10,000, or imprisonment of up to 3-1/2 years, or both; however, for a repeat offender, the term of imprisonment may increase up to 2 years with prior misdemeanor convictions, and up to 6 years with a prior felony conviction.
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Why Is Adultery A Crime?
Under the laws of most states across the United States, adultery is not a crime. Wisconsin legislature imposed criminal sanctions upon the crime of adultery to preserve and protect the institution of marriage and family. In 2006, voters also voted a constitutional amendment defining the institution of marriage as being a legal marriage and contract between one man and one woman. That amendment also addressed the state's legal position on bigamy.

I assume its not the easiest thing to do then. What do you think the chances of winning are if you had proof and what would the penalty be?

Adultry is not illegal. It may be immoral, but not illegal. You cannot go to jail for it. LOL

gabby06: There was no divorce in process. Divorce proceedings are made public that day that they are filed NOT when the divorce becomes final.
It looks to me that they are trying to cover up their immorality by stating that the divorce was in process when it was not.
A person "is not getting on with their lives" by having an affair while still married.
rickyandlucy: You have to find an attorney willing to help prosecute.

If you are filing for divorce because of adultry and adultry is illegal, where do you file charges???

Is it adultery if divorce is in process???? If they were working on a divorce it would not show up on the records until it was final. I don't see how someone getting on with their lives is adultery if they were gettting divorced!

A search on CCap shows no divorce filed between Joseph Chrislaw and Inna Cheremisina.
I absolutely do not condone what Mr. Chrislaw did.
However; it does appear that Mr. Rashkin and Mrs. Cheremisina were committing Adultery.
Adultery is actually illegal - albeit it is rarely enforced.
Yuri is quoted to say "My girlfriend and (her) soon-to-be ex-husband..." Perhaps someone should have informed Mr. Chrislaw of this fact before they decided to commit Adultery.
Again, I do not support Mr. Chrislaw in any way, but seriously Mr. Rashkin, what kind of example are you setting by committing Adultery ?
You are supposed to represent the community and for this you should be ashamed.

janesvillemom-I can't get to the link right now..just wondering what information is there.....?
Also, I wonder what goes through someone's mind when they think they can ACTUALLY get away with something like this. Not saying you can't find some lowlife to do it...just that usually they get caught due to stupidity or someone turning them in.

In the 70's a lady and her boyfriend a professor at the old Milton college tried to kill her rich husband with cobra venom. They got caught when they went to the Vilas park zoo in Madison to buy the venom from one of the zookeepers.

heres a word for all you psycho's D-I-V-O-R-C-E!

http://www.yurirashkin.com/

This is crazy!!! I don't understand why people can't just let someone go. Why do you have to kill them or try to kill them?

You must remember what they say about the word 'assume'.

So can one presume that Mr. Raskin's private indescretions just became public?

Do you think it's time to move on buddy.Wonder why she's your estranged wife ??

Pretty crazy stuff for a town Janesville's size.. O.K. some one please refresh my memory. YEARS ago was there not a police officer who hired someone to kill his wife or exwife, which was carried out and she died? It has been years. Maybe 20 or more.

Wow!

Good work, Janesville PD.