Dane County Circuit Court Adjournment & Extension Requirements

A stipulated continuance request requires written or on-the-record party consent and a showing of good cause.

All stipulated requests for continuance of trial date shall require the consent of the parties in writing or on the record and must be for good cause shown.

A non-stipulated continuance request must be made by motion, heard, and supported by good cause shown by the requesting party or with that party's written consent.

Non-stipulated requests for continuance must be on motion and hearing and for good cause shown by the party or with the party's written consent.

Every continuance request requires court approval.

All requests for continuance are subject to the approval of the court.

A continuance request must be made in writing, may be sent by fax, and must state the reason for the request and the positions of all unrepresented parties and attorneys after diligent efforts to ascertain them.

In any type of case, an unrepresented party or attorney requesting that any hearing or trial be set over to a later date shall make diligent efforts to ascertain the position of all other unrepresented parties and attorneys in the case prior to contacting the court. Requests for continuances shall be made in writing only, which may be sent by fax to the court, and shall contain the reason for the request as well as the position on the request of all other unrepresented parties and attorneys or a statement that, despite the described efforts to contact the others, the requestor has been unable to ascertain their positions on the request.

A continuance request must be submitted at least five working days before the scheduled hearing, and the parties must appear as scheduled unless the court grants the request or stipulation.

Requests for continuance shall be made not less than five (5) working days before a scheduled hearing. Unless the court notifies the parties and attorneys that the request or stipulation for continuance has been granted, they must appear at the originally scheduled time.

A preliminary hearing may be continued for two weeks, or another appropriate period, by stipulation or for cause when the duty judge cannot begin it, with notice of the assignment and new hearing information.

On stipulation of the parties or on motion and for cause, if the duty judge is unable to commence the preliminary hearing for a case, the duty judge may order a set over for two weeks, unless a different time period is deemed appropriate, to the scheduled duty judge, giving notice in hand of the judicial assignment, the time, date and place of the re-scheduled preliminary hearing.

An extension of an injunction hearing because the respondent was not served should be scheduled two weeks later.

Extensions of the time for the injunction hearing due to non-service should be scheduled two weeks out.

The court may continue an injunction hearing for one week when evidence shows counsel of choice is unavailable and the parties stipulate to extending the temporary restraining order.

The court may set the case over for one week to allow a party to attend the injunction hearing with counsel of choice, if the court is provided with evidence that the attorney of choice is unavailable at the scheduled time of the first injunction hearing and the parties stipulate to the extension of the temporary restraining order.