Crawford County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A continuance request must be in writing with signed consent or made on the record with the parties present, must show good cause, and requires court approval.

All requests for continuance shall be in writing with the signed consent of the parties or the attorneys, or on the record with the parties present and must be for good cause shown. All requests for continuance are subject to approval of the court.

CRITICAL

Attorneys must be prepared to immediately advise the court of scheduling conflicts when dates are set from the bench or in conference.

To avoid scheduling conflict as a reason for continuance, attorneys shall be prepared to immediately advise the court of such conflicts when the court sets dates from the bench or in conference.

CRITICAL

Continuance motions must be made in accordance with §802.10.

Motions for continuance shall be made in accordance with §802.10

CRITICAL

A party or counsel seeking a continuance of a scheduled proceeding for good cause must immediately notify the court and opposing counsel in the prescribed manner.

If counsel or a party has good cause to request a continuance offany pretrial, trial, motion or other proceeding which has been scheduled by the court, he shall immediately notify the court and opposing counsel in the manner provided.

WARNING

As an alternative to a §802.10 motion, counsel may request a continuance by letter to the presiding judge while representing that all other parties consent; court approval is still required.

As an alternative to a motion under §802.10, counsel for a party may, having and representing that he or she has the consent of all other parties, request a continuance by letter to the presiding Judge. The request for continuance is still subject to the approval of the court.

WARNING

The court may waive hearing time limitations for adequate reason.

For adequate reason, the time limitations for hearing may be waived by the court.

WARNING

Unilateral calls or letters to avoid a scheduled proceeding are not a substitute for proper continuance procedure; emergency messages may be used only for just cause when there is insufficient time for a motion and notice, and remain provisional.

Unilateral phone calls or letters to the Clerk or Judge directly to avoid a time fixed for a pretrial, trial motion or other proceedings are attempts to secure the consideration of the court without reference to the rights of other parties in interest and their attorneys. Although phone messages and letters may be used from time to time when there exists just cause for a continuation without sufficient time for communication thereof by proper motion and notice, such emergency messages are provisional only and do not supersede a motion under §802.10.