This report focuses on laws in the state of Wisconsin as they relate to homemakers. Four areas are discussed, each in separate sections: marriage, widowhood, divorce, and wife abuse. The section on marriage includes information on property rights, disability and death of homemaker, federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act, domicile, interspousal immunity, and keeping your own name. The section on widowhood presents information on special family rights, considerations for whether a husband leaves a will, agreements regarding estates, inheritance tax, federal estate tax, and social security and pensions. In the section on divorce, problems connected with divorce are presented and include discussion of property division, support, enforcement of support, ensuring a source of support money, establishing a mechanism for collecting unpaid money, assistance from federal government in collection of support, child custody, and current practice. The final section considers the problems of wife abuse. This report also includes an introductory message from Martha Griffiths, Chairperson, Committee on Homemakers, National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. Recommendations of the Homemaker Committee and a bibliography of twenty-four publications are appended. (BL)