Grant County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A stipulated request to continue a trial date requires the represented party’s attorney’s consent, or the unrepresented party’s consent, in writing or on the record, and must show good cause.

All stipulated requests for continuance of trial date shall require the consent of the attorney for a party or the party if he/she is not represented by counsel in writing or on the record and must be for good cause shown.

CRITICAL

A stipulated request to continue a criminal trial date or calendared matter must be in writing or on the record, show good cause, and include the required victim and witness notification.

Stipulated requests for continuance of the trial date or calendared matters shall be in writing or on the record and must be based on a showing of good cause and proper notification of victims and witnesses as required by sec. 950.04, Stats.

CRITICAL

A non-stipulated criminal continuance or rescheduling request must be made by motion for a hearing, and the victim witness coordinator must notify those entitled to notice.

Non-stipulated requests for continuances or rescheduling must be made to the court by motion for a hearing on the request. Notice of such request shall be sent by the victim witness coordinator to persons entitled under sec. 950.04, Stats.

CRITICAL

If a continuance is requested for good cause, each attorney must notify the Court at the earliest possible time.

If a continuance is requested for good cause, or if the matter is settled, each attorney shall notify the Court at the earliest possible time.

CRITICAL

A criminal matter cannot be continued or rescheduled until the District Attorney has notified victims and witnesses who requested notice, their interests have been considered, and the District Attorney or victim witness coordinator can so inform the court.

Therefore, no matter scheduled in a criminal case shall be continued or rescheduled unless any victims and witnesses of the crime who have requested notification have been notified by the District Attorney of the continuance or rescheduling request, their interest considered, and the District Attorney or victim witness coordinator can so indicate to the court considering the continuation or rescheduling request.

CRITICAL

A non-stipulated continuance request must be made by motion and hearing and show good cause or include the 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.

CRITICAL

A calendaring clerk may reschedule a criminal or Chapter 938 matter on a party’s or counsel’s oral or written request, but neither the clerk nor judge may grant rescheduling without the required victim and witness notification.

A circuit court calendaring clerk may reschedule any criminal or Chapter 938 matter upon the oral or written request of a party or counsel in the proceeding, but neither the clerk nor the assigned judge shall grant any rescheduling request if affected victims or witnesses have not been notified as required by sec. 950.04, Stats.

CRITICAL

All continuance requests require court approval.

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

WARNING

Attorneys with foreseeable conflicts in other courts should plan to resolve them in advance whenever possible; if a continuance is granted for such a conflict, the rescheduling court's calendar takes preference.

Attorneys and clients are expected to be in the courtroom on the date and time scheduled. Attorneys with foreseeable time conflicts in other courts will be given due consideration but are expected to plan to resolve the conflict without delay in advance whenever possible. If a continuance is granted due to a conflict in another Court's calendar, the matter will be rescheduled with the rescheduling Court's calendar having preference.